China has prohibited imports of sheep, goat, poultry and even-toed ungulates from African, Asian and European countries following outbreaks of livestock diseases like, sheep pox, goat pox and foot-and-mouth disease.
The ban includes both processed and unprocessed products after the World Health Organisation (WHO) released information about disease outbreaks in multiple countries, according to a series of announcements by China’s General Administration of Customs dated Jan 21.
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The ban from the world’s largest meat importer affects Ghana, Somalia, Qatar, Congo (DRC), Nigeria, Tanzania, Egypt, Bulgaria, East Timor and Eritrea.
China has also halted imports of sheep, goats, and related products from Palestine, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal and Bangladesh due to sheep pox and goat pox outbreaks.
It also blocked the imports of even-toed ungulates and related products from Germany after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, it said.
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