China News Agency, Beijing, April 3 (Reporter Chen Su) The reporter learned from China ’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on the 3rd that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has issued the “Notice on Concentrated Carrying out Special Regulations for the Transport of Pigs in Illegal and Illegal Regulations” and decided to start on April 1. As of June 1, special rectification of illegal pigs and pigs for 60 days was carried out.
The relevant person in charge of the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said that since December 2019, China has not reported the occurrence of African swine fever in nearly three months, and the overall situation of epidemic prevention and control is improving. Since March 2020, China has reported a total of 9 African swine fever outbreaks, including 8 domestic pig outbreaks and 1 wild boar outbreak, killing a total of 738 pigs. The number of outbreaks and the number of pigs killed are much lower than same time last year. However, the prevention and control of African swine fever is both an offensive battle and a protracted battle.
The person in charge said that since the beginning of this year, China's hog production has shown an accelerated recovery trend under the combined effects of market stimulus, policy incentives and administrative promotion. At present, the enthusiasm of farmers in various farms for supplementing the stalls has continued to increase. Frequent transfers of breeding pigs and piglets, coupled with the waiver of tolls such as highways across the country, reduce logistics costs. Some small and medium-sized farms have the risk of introducing and supplementing stalls when purchasing pigs outdoors. Lack of sufficient attention, these factors have given some criminals the opportunity to illegally transfer pigs.
It has been found that the recent 8 cases of domestic swine fever outbreak in Africa have been caused by piglets being transported illegally. In response to the above, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has decided to organize this special rectification in various places to effectively control the risk of cross-regional spread of the African swine fever epidemic, severely crack down on violations of laws and regulations, ensure the orderly transportation of live pigs, and accelerate the recovery of live pig production.
The person in charge said that in the next step, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will pay close attention to the problems and hidden dangers in the current pig transportation process. In response to several recent outbreaks, a working group has been sent to the place where the outbreak occurred and the place where the pigs departed for transport was thoroughly investigated. . According to the requirements of emergency treatment, it will continue to dispatch personnel to supervise the epidemic disposal and unannounced visits for the first time, and urge all localities to do a good job in this special rectification. During the special rectification, it will work hard with public security and transportation departments to strictly investigate and crack down on various types of illegal and illegal operations to ensure that the epidemic does not rebound. (Finish)