Official: Transport pork, not live pigs

A senior agricultural official said China will increase the transport of pork, rather than live pigs, to meet demand for meat and reduce the risk of transmitting African swine fever.

Local governments must take resolute measures once outbreaks occur and quickly eliminate risks of the disease spreading, Yu Kangzhen, vice-minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said over the weekend in Yingkou, Liaoning province, at a meeting on prevention and control of the disease.

Yu said the country will make full use of its current slaughter capacity to push forward the transformation from transporting live pigs to transporting pork.