Calls for reliable quarantine measures

[Korean Farmers' Newspaper] A controversy has arisen after it was belatedly revealed that genes of highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) were detected in smoked duck from China. The government did not officially announce the detection of the genes of highly pathogenic AI, which is a Class 1 animal infectious disease. Moreover, suspicions arose that there were no immediate quarantine measures, prompting the government to hastily explain that it had pushed for high-intensity quarantine measures belatedly. Most notably, the issue lies in the fact that the government did not make any announcements or proclamations even after it took measures to halt exports from the specific workplace where AI genes were detected in heat-treated smoked duck imported from China on August 1. The government's stance is that since it is not a live AI virus but genes, there is no risk of transmission, and since it is an issue of an individual workplace rather than a national issue, and since the entire ...