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China halts pork exports from 2 cities
(Bloomberg/China Daily)
Updated: 2005-07-26 06:08
Chinese authorities halted exports of pork products from two cities in southwest China, where
a disease linked to pigs has killed 19 people and left 61 others ill, Bloomberg
cited the Hong Kong government as saying.
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woman walks past a display of fresh pork at a supermarket in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong is on the alert after a mystery disease killed 19 in Southwest
China, with the city's two main supermarket chains suspending sales of
frozen pork from Sichuan. [AFP] |
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products from the cities of Ziyang and Neijiang in Sichuan province were
suspended as a precautionary measure, the Hong Kong Health Department said in a
statement late Monday. China is the world's biggest pork producer.
Initial lab tests in China suggest those affected were suffering from streptococcus suis
infections related to the slaughter or handling of infected pigs, it
said. The bacteria is endemic in swine in most pig-rearing countries, and human
infections are possible, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bloomberg
reported.
The symptoms displayed by those infected include acute fever, headaches and
dizziness, according to China's Health Ministry. The more serious cases can
cause meningitis and send a patient in a coma, it said. The ministry said on its
Web site that it hasn't detected any human-to-human transmissions.
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