Two days ago, China's famous ham sausage was found to contain classical swine fever virus, a moment of panic.
Then, (ASF), an African swine fever virus, spread around the world because of its ability to survive in humans.
As a country with ultra-high requirements for food entry, Australia's government can be described as a strict defense against swine fever in Africa!
In order to avoid a large-scale outbreak of the African swine fever virus in Australia, the Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources reminds you that travel to and from Australia, the food requirements will be more stringent!
Starting from Nov. 7, the entry of pork jerky and preserved pork carried by individuals is completely prohibited!
Including pork shops, dried pork and other foods, miss home taste of overseas snacks, please mourn.
A lot of people may have to ask, isn't meat always allowed to bring into Australia?
This is a mistake.
Usually, if you bring three countries of Japan, Singapore and Indonesia approved by the Australian government Ministry of Agriculture for dried meat products, and commercial sealed packaging is intact, declared can be brought into the country!
For example, the well-known Singapore jerky, in the case of well-packaged, can be brought in after declaration.
But none but these three countries in Asia.
But from Nov. 7, no matter which country you bring in pork jerky or pork jerky, no matter what country you bring!
However, the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources also said that Australian certification requirements for commercial imports of pork products will not be affected.
For food retailers, it doesn't matter if the pork you sell is imported through an Australian agricultural and water department approved channel.
There are two main groups of people who are more affected.
First, passengers who enter the country through the customs.
The other is friends who are accustomed to overseas shopping.
Inbound passenge
Before you travel, be sure to make sure that you are not allowed into Australia and that you must declare any food and animal products and other risky items on your entry card. It also includes shoes that come into contact with animals or wear in rural areas.
Customs advice, it is best not to bring any food!
Also make sure your belongings are cleaned before they are packed in the box.
Online shopping overseas shopping
When shopping online, you need to take into account the source of the goods and whether they meet Australia's biosafety requirements.
Before purchasing, please visit the Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources website (http://www.agriculture.gov.au/travelling/bringing-mailing-goods),) to check what can be mailed and which cannot be mailed to Australia.
Many items may seem harmless, but may contain animal diseases such as ASF.
Commercial import of pork
Authorities say the rule will not affect commercial pork products that meet Australia's import requirements.
However, those who do not meet the import criteria will be banned!
To maintain Australia's agricultural and biosafety, authorities say they will continue to monitor global ASF.
The Australian Department of Agriculture and Water will be more rigorous in screening potential pest and disease risks for passengers, mail and cargo.
And work with states and territories, related industries and communities to manage Australia's biosafety system.
In order to manage the ASF risk, imported pork must comply with the government requirements, or ensure that the ASF virus has been eliminated under very special conditions, or from non-ASF countries or regions, except that all are prohibited from entering Australia!
Pig breede
In addition, the authorities remind pig breeders that whether you are a large pig producer or you have a pet pig in your backyard, you need to keep the animal healthy!
This includes providing them with safe food!
Pigs shall not be fed meat, meat or food in contact with meat, or imported dairy products.
Especially the so-called "swill" feeding! It is extremely easy to introduce serious animal diseases, such as ASF and foot-and-mouth disease, and swill feeding contributes to the international spread of ASF.
So you meat shops or merchants, no matter whether you are raising or importing, or whether you import raw meat or cooked food, as long as with pork, please follow the Australian feeding and import regulations!
Common knowledge of Classical Swine Fever virus in Africa
It is understood that African swine fever is a highly contagious disease spread between livestock and wild boars!
Once pigs are infected with the African swine fever virus, the mortality rate is as high as 100%.
ASF can be easily transmitted through direct contact between pigs or indirectly contaminated items (including fodder, equipment, vehicles, clothing and footwear), as well as through the meat and vectors of infected animals (such as ticks).
Although the swine fever virus will not cause substantial harm to the human body, but "after eating sick pork, people will digest and then excreted, the excrement may have swine fever virus, as long as he has eaten the virus, he will carry the virus."
In other words, if someone accidentally carries the virus, the person carrying the virus can take it somewhere else, causing the virus to spread.
Once the spread of the African swine fever virus spread, in the swine world will be a bloody rain ah.
But the African swine fever virus is not insurmountable!
It is very heat-resistant, as long as the 60 ℃ environment can be killed for 20 minutes!
If you reach 100 ℃ (the oil temperature for fried vegetables is generally above 140 ℃), you can kill all of them in an instant.
In other words, high-temperature processing of edible pork is generally free of the virus.
But this is not an excuse for food processors to use sick pigs as raw materials!
Perhaps the biggest impact on us at present is that, as the world's major pork exporters are also affected by African swine fever, Australia's meat import requirements are also stricter. Although Australia does not have no pork to eat, But it seems that the price increase is already predictable.