Foreign news agencies reported that Taiwan’s Central Emergency Operations Center (CEOC) on African Swine Fever (ASF) announced on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2021 that anyone who smuggled pork or pork products from Thailand into will be fined at least $200,000TaiwanNew (about 240,000 baht) after the disease was confirmed in this Southeast Asian nation.
CEOC’s move comes after Thailand’s Department of Livestock Development has confirmed for the first time that the virus has been found. ASF In 1 of 309 samples collected from 10 farms and 2 slaughterhouses in Ratchaburi and Nakhon Pathom provinces. The infection samples were found from the surface touching the slaughterhouse area in Nakhon Pathom province.
The CEOC reiterated that those caught in the recidivism would face a fine of up to NT$1 million (approximately 1.2 million baht) for those arriving in Taiwan. If caught at the airport or port that Bringing pork from Thailand with you will have to pay a fine. Otherwise they will be forbidden from entering the territory.
Taiwan has been alert about ASF infection from Thailand since December last year. After the Taiwanese authorities detected the infection in the Chinese sausage imported from Thailand. The sample has been verified twice.