date:May 05, 2014
by direct contact as well as in feed and feed ingredients made from the blood of infected animals.
The report continues that, while China and Japan have imposed restrictions on imports of US pig meat, France is the first country in the European Union to do so.
According to Mr Angot, France proposed the adoption of an EU-wide embargo last month but, despite support from leading pig-producing countries such as the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany, the European Commission rejected the initiative