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Xiamen airlines to stop serving pork due to African swine fever

China’s Xiamen airlines said it would stop serving pork on flights from Nov. 24 due to African swine fever outbreaks.

News Desk (Reuters)
Beijing, China
Sat, November 24, 2018 Published on Nov. 24, 2018 Published on 2018-11-24T10:16:26+07:00

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Xiamen airlines to stop serving pork due to African swine fever A Boeing 737-800 airplane of Xiamen Airlines lands at the Fuzhou Changle International Airport in Fuzhou, Fujian province, China, on March 21, 2018. (REUTERS/Stringer/File)

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hina’s Xiamen airlines said it would stop serving pork on flights from Nov. 24 due to African swine fever outbreaks, CAAC News, a publication run by China’s aviation regulator, reported on Friday.

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The world’s top pig producer has reported more than 70 cases of the deadly disease since early August, including one outbreak found in wild boar.

 

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