Airports, couriers limit pork products during travel peak

Some travelers flying home ahead of the Spring Festival this year may not be able to bring home pork products as New Year gifts as they did in the past.

The decision came after a number of airports moved to limit such luggage on board in an effort to contain the spread of African swine fever, which has wreaked havoc in pig farms nationwide over the last six months.

It coincided with Chunyun, the annual 40-day travel peak that straddles Spring Festival, kick-started on Monday. Hundreds of millions of Chinese will travel home for the Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb 5 this year.