United States Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialists seized more than 1,000 pounds of pork from China amid concerns of spreading African Swine Fever and/or Classical Swine Fever and/or Swine Vesicular Disease.
All are known to occur in the Hong Kong region from which the pork from China originated.
The agency, at the Louisville Port of Entry, identified and halted 13 shipments from a single corporation in Hong Kong, all destined for the same company in Bellerose, N.Y.
These shipments contained various pork items, with some also including pork and poultry products, while one shipment concealed pork along with other prohibited foods, according to a news release from the agency.
In total, authorities seized 1,104 pounds of pork, 298 pounds of poultry and 88 pounds of banned food items. The food items were destroyed.
