By Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporterTo keep African swine fever at bay, Taiwan has banned imports of canned pork products from Vietnam, after a can of food from the Southeast Asian country tested positive for the virus earlier this month, the Council of Agriculture said yesterday. The council made the announcement at a news conference in Taipei after a meeting of the Central Emergency Operation Center for preventing swine fever. As canned foods are disinfected at high temperatures, the risk of transmitting the virus is very low, he said. The ban on imports of canned pork products from Vietnam was put in place on Tuesday last week, after the FDA completed the relevant paperwork and informed affected businesses, she said. People caught attempting to carry banned pork products through customs would face a fine of NT$200,000 (US$6,622) for a first offense and NT$1 million for repeat offenses.

Source: Taipei Times December 25, 2019 15:56 UTC