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Hong Kong authorities will selectively slaughter 32 pigs that have been exposed to an outbreak of African swine fever at a farm in Yuen Long.
On Tuesday, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) reported that the 32 samples obtained from the pig farm at the Lau Fau Shan revealed that half of the animals were infected with the virus.
The spokesperson for the department said “The AFCD has immediately suspended transport of any pigs from the farm concerned until further notice, according to the contingency plan on ASF [African swine fever]. "
“The AFCD will arrange culling pigs on the farm concerned for the sake of prudence.”
However, the public was told not to be worried because the virus would not infect humans and no food safety risk is created from it.
It was added that the outbreak did not affect the normal performance of local slaughterhouses or the overall supply of live pigs.
The department said efforts have been made to inform all local pig farmers especially the three farms that are within 3 kilometres of the outbreak and they have been inspected with no abnormalities found.
香港當局：流浮山農場發現非洲豬瘟，將屠宰32頭生豬
香港當局將選擇性地屠宰元朗一個農場的32頭接觸非洲豬瘟疫情的生豬。
漁農自然護理署（漁護署）週二報告，從流浮山養豬場採集的32個樣本顯示，一半豬隻感染了該病毒。
漁護署發言人表示，根據非洲豬瘟應變計劃，漁護署已立即暫停從相關農場運出生豬，直到另行通知。 」
“為謹慎起見，漁護署會在有關農場安排撲殺生豬。”
不過，民眾不必擔心，因為該病毒不會感染人類，也不會造成食品安全風險。
補充說，疫情並未影響當地屠宰場的正常生產，也沒有影響生豬的整體供應。
該部門表示，已盡力通知當地所有養豬戶，特別是距離疫情爆發3公里範圍內的三個養豬場，並已對其進行檢查，未發現任何異常情況。
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