Philippines bans pig imports from Laos due to swine fever: WTOAok Kim feeds her pigs near her home in Ta Prum village outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia, June 20, 2019. The Philippines has banned imports of pigs and pig products from Laos due to an outbreak of African swine fever. (AP file photo)GENEVA: The Philippines has banned imports of pigs and pig products from Laos due to an African swine fever outbreak, it said in a filing published by the World Trade Organization on Tuesday. The Philippines' move follows similar steps by China and Thailand, following an outbreak in Laos' southern province of Saravane. As many as half of China's breeding pigs have either died from African swine fever or been slaughtered because of it, twice as many as officially acknowledged, according to the estimates of four people who supply large farms.

Source: Bangkok Post July 02, 2019 10:49 UTC