August 17, 2007

Cambodia bans pork imports

Cambodia Thursday (Aug 16) banned the import of live pigs and pork products, citing fears that outbreaks of swine diseases in neighbouring countries like China and Vietnam could spread to farms there.

In Vietnam, 26 people have been admitted to a Hanoi hospital with a bacterial infection from diseased pigs, two have died. Twenty others were treated this year in southern Vietnam for the same illness.

Smuggling of pork products from Vietnam to Cambodia has been rife.