Coronavirus: Taiwan bans Italian pig imports in quarrel over flight ban

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ROME (REUTERS) - Taiwan has imposed a ban on live pigs and pork product imports from Italy following Rome's suspension of flights between the two sides in response to the coronavirus outbreak.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

ROME - Taiwan has imposed a ban on live pigs and pork product imports from Italy following Rome's suspension of flights between the two sides in response to the coronavirus outbreak.

"Deletion of recognition of Italy as a country free of African swine fever," a statement published by the Taiwan's Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine said on Wednesday . Beijing was also not happy with the ban and has lobbied to have it lifted but so far with no success.. "We will keep it in place as long as health authorities and ... the scientific community tell us we should."

 

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