Containment of African Swine Fever Takes No Holiday - Pig Farm Inspections During Lunar New Year

摘要

African swine fever prevention efforts continued through the holidays. The EPA made announcements during Lunar New Year to the 736 pig farms using kitchen-scrap-based pigswill that have passed inspection for reuse. Farmers were called upon to improve self-regulation and ensure that all pig feed made from kitchen waste is first heated to 90 degrees Celsius for at least one hour prior to use. Additionally, three inspection teams from the EPA collected samples of pigswill from 216 pig farms that have yet to pass the government's inspection to reuse food scraps as feed. Subtracting farms where the owners were not present as well as those pig farms that have ceased operations, 174 remained for inspection. Of those, 34 were fined as per the Waste Disposal Act.