SINGAPORE: The first shipment of live pigs from Malaysia in 18 years arrived in Singapore on Saturday, providing the Republic with a second source of live pigs, the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) said in a statement. Imports of live pigs and raw pork from Malaysia were suspended in 1999 due to a Nipah virus outbreak. Since then, Singapore had only received imports of live pigs from from Pulau Bulan in Indonesia. Indonesia (Pulau Bulan) and now Malaysia (Sarawak), are accredited to export live pigs to Singapore. Over 90 per cent of food supply in Singapore over the past two years was imported from some 170 countries worldwide.

Source: New Strait Times November 19, 2017 03:00 UTC