Awareness-raising activities to prevent ASF outbreak of swine infectious disease at Narita Airport December 23, 19:30
Ahead of the overseas holiday season during the year-end and New Year campaigns were conducted at Narita Airport to stop the outbreak of ASF, the so-called African swine fever, in pigs.
ASF is a completely different disease from CSF, the so-called swine cholera, whose infection is spreading in Japan. Although the outbreak has not been confirmed in Japan, it is spreading in Asian countries such as China.
On the 23rd, about 10 staff from the Animal Quarantine Station distributed about 20 people at the lobby of Narita Airport, handing out leaflets stating that meat products could not be brought in from most countries, touching livestock on the spot when returning home, Those who had shoes with the soil on them were calling to offer.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, ASF has no effective vaccine or treatment, and if it occurs in Japan, it could have a huge impact on the livestock industry. And strengthening measures.
"The processed hams and sausages may also contain the ASF virus. Don't buy meat products as souvenirs," said Masako Tatezaki, Deputy Director of the Animal Quarantine Service Narita Branch.