China Bans Imports After ROK Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak

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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Tuesday, May 07, 2002

China Bans Imports After ROK Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak

China has banned the importing of cloven-hoofed animals and their related products from the Republicof Korea (ROK) where foot-and-mouth disease has broken out among pigs.

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China has banned the importing of cloven-hoofed animals and their related products from the Republicof Korea (ROK) where foot-and-mouth disease has broken out among pigs.

All direct or indirect imports of such animals or products are banned, according to a statement jointly issued by the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (GAQSIQ).

Any such animals or products which have been sent to China must either be returned to ROK or destroyed. Travellors are not allowed to enter China with the banned items, the statement says.

International flights, vessels and vehicles stopping in China are not allowed to dispose of plant or animal waste without the supervision of GAQSIQ, it says.

The ban requires local quality supervision, inspection and quarantine offices to keep close watch on the banned animals and products to protect China's farming industry.

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