China restricts import of animals and products from 15 countries

China has temporarily banned the supply of ungulates, poultry and some products from them from 15 countries and regions to its market. This was reported by the Reuters news agency, citing a series of relevant announcements from the General Administration of Customs (GAC) of China. Most of the products on the list were those that lost their sales opportunities due to sheep pox. These are four from Asia (Bangladesh, East Timor, Nepal and Pakistan), six from Africa (Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Somalia, Tanzania and Eritrea), three from the Middle East (Afghanistan, Qatar, Palestine) and one from Europe (Bulgaria). In connection with foot-and-mouth disease, the import of ungulates from Germany has been suspended. Thus, China has become the 13th country to introduce such a restriction. Let us recall that the cause was the first case since 1988, which occurred earlier this month on a farm in the eastern Märkisch-Oderland region of Brandenburg. Three of the ...