Pork processor shut down over outbreak

A slaughterhouse that belongs to the country's largest pork processor was ordered to shut down following an outbreak of deadly African swine fever - the second outbreak in the country within two weeks.

The slaughterhouse, owned by Henan Shuanghui Investment & Development in Zhengzhou, Henan province, bought 260 pigs from a market in Tangyuan county of Jiamusi, Heilongjiang province.

On Aug 14, around 30 of the pigs had died of African swine fever, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Thursday. The ministry has sent experts to both Henan and Heilongjiang.