No pigs to market for China

– China has ordered the world’s top pork producer, WH Group Ltd, to shut a slaughterhouse as authorities race to stop the spread of deadly African swine fever after a second outbreak in the planet’s biggest hog herd in two weeks.

The discovery of infected pigs in Zhengzhou city, about 1 000km from the first case ever reported in China, has stirred fears of fresh outbreaks – as well as food safety concerns among the public.

Though often fatal to pigs, with no vaccine available, it does not affect humans. – Reuters

Beijing