US Seizes 1 Million Pounds of Pork From China on Swine Fever Concern

[TomSea]

US Seizes 1 Million Pounds of Pork From China on Swine Fever Concern
By Reuters

WASHINGTON—U.S. border agents have seized about 1 million pounds of pork products from China, a spokesman for the agency said March 15, on suspicion that it might contain African swine fever disease which has hit Chinese pork output.

Federal agents have seized the supplies over the past week in New York.

“The seizure was in an effort to battle the spread of African swine fever,” Anthony L. Bucci, public affairs specialist at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, told Reuters over email.

Read more at: https://www.theepochtimes.com/us-seizes-1-million-pounds-of-pork-from-china-on-swine-fever-concerns_2840951.html

That's a lot, I wasn't aware of much Chinese pork in the US. Maybe Asian restaurants and grocers?

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I was wondering the same thing @TomSea.  Why are we importing Chinese pork?

[rangerrebew]

Feds seize 1 million lbs. of pork smuggled from China to N.J. port amid African swine fever outbreak

Updated 3:38 PM; Today 1:47 PM


US Custom and Border Protection agents made the biggest seizure of agricultural product in American history, officials announced Friday.


By Sophie Nieto-Munoz

On the heels of a massive cocaine bust at a New Jersey port, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced another big seizure on Friday of roughly 1 million pounds of pork smuggled from China, where there’s an ongoing outbreak of deadly African swine fever.

Officials announced the seizure of more than 50 shipping containers during a press conference Friday morning at a warehouse in Elizabeth. Three rooms were filled wall-to-wall with packages of the illegally smuggled pork products.

“Agriculture specialists made a critical interception of these prohibited animal products, and stopped them from entering the U.S. before they could potentially cause grave damage,” said Troy Miller, director of Customs and Border Protection Field Operations in New York/Newark.
cargo containers pass through every day. Since the reopening of the Bayonne Bridge, ship traffic has gone up 11 percent.

https://www.nj.com/news/2019/03/feds...-outbreak.html

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