Representative of a trading company in Osaka, saying that it imported about 390 kg of pork sausages, etc., despite restrictions on imports of pork from China due to ASF, an infectious disease of pigs, and African swine fever. Three directors were arrested.
Three men and women were arrested, including Konoike International Trade, a 36-year-old Chinese national who imports food products in Higashi-Osaka City, Osaka.
According to investigators, the three people were about 390 kg of pork sausages from May to June last year, despite restrictions on imports of pork from China due to the outbreak of African swine fever. There is a suspicion of violating the Domestic Animal Infectious Diseases Control Law for importing.
Sausages and other items were brought to Kansai Airport by international mail addressed to the three parties concerned, but the police said in November last year that the staff of the animal quarantine station discovered them and consulted with the police. I was proceeding with the investigation by searching for.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, African swine fever has no effective vaccine and the fatality rate is extremely high when pigs are infected. We are strengthening measures such as significantly increasing the fines for bringing in.