China Battling Swine Fever in More Regions

China Battling Swine Fever in More Regions
Pigs eat feed at a pig farm in Panggezhuang village in northern China's Hebei Province on May 8, 2019. Mark Schiefelbein/AP
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The prevention and control of African swine fever has become normal practice in mainland China but official reports on the African swine fever epidemic in China have been sporadic.

On April 7, Henan Shuanghui Investment and Development Co., Ltd., a leading company in China’s meat industry, revealed on an investor interactive platform that the African swine fever epidemic will be an uncertain factor affecting the price trend of live pigs this year and needs close attention.