Swine fever: confiscated pork legs that have been smuggled into the country

The national health and food quality service (Senasa) seized at Ezeiza airport six pork legs carried in the suitcase of a pbadenger from China.

Senasa staff detected the goods, which is the prohibited entry into the country, when checking baggage from a Chinese citizen who came from the Asian country.

In a statement, Senasa recalled that "in China there is a major outbreak of African swine fever (ASF), illness absent in Argentina. The goods were confiscated and their destruction organized.

These types of checks are carried out in the usual way in the country's airports by specialized staff of the organization and the participation of specially trained dogs to detect food.

PPP is a disease caused by a virus that is contagious by contact between pigsand who can survive for a long time in products from infected countries. It is in several parts of the world: China, its neighboring countries and some places in Europe.

Senasa has stepped up its preventative measures to prevent it from entering Argentina, with comprehensive checks of vessels from the affected areas and pbadenger waste at ports and airports.