PHNOM PENH (Thomson Financial) - Cambodia Thursday banned the import of live pigs and pork products, citing fears that outbreaks of pork-borne diseases in other countries could devastate farms here.
The move came as China battles a recent outbreak of blue ear disease that led to a mass cull of pigs.
In neighboring Vietnam, 26 people have been admitted to a Hanoi hospital with a bacterial infection from diseased pigs, leading to two confirmed human deaths.
Twenty others were treated this year in southern Vietnam for the same illness.
Thursday's ban is also aimed at cutting down on pork products smuggled into the country, mostly from Vietnam.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Cambodia bans pig, pork imports amid disease outbreaks in China, Vietnam
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