Agents with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized about 1 million pounds of pork imported from China last week at the Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal in New York . There are fears the products could contain African swine fever. CBP and USDA authorities are still investigating. No charges had been filed as of last Friday.
Sources: The Hill, March 16, 2019. Link. USA Today, March 27, 2019. Link. The deady disease, which does not affect humans, has never been detected among livestock in this country, NJ.com reported. But, if a domestic outbreak were to occur, a customs official said, it would cause $10 billion worth of damage to the U.S. pork industry in one year.
Also see: Don’t believe what China says about ASF, Animal Health Digest Bulletin, March 21, 2019. Link.