date:Jun 09, 2014
European Union member states on Friday agreed that live pig imports from United States and Canada must be tested for a deadly virus that has killed millions of piglets.
The latest measures complement import requirements on pig blood products that may be used for feeding piglets, which the European Union agreed last month.
In a statement, the European Commission, the EU executive, said the temporary testing was to protect the EU pig industry from Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea, which has swept the