African swine fever, a livestock infectious disease that infects pigs and wild boars, is spreading in various parts of Asia such as China. It was found in a questionnaire survey of the Japan Agricultural Newspaper.Bringing in pork products is a source of invasion of African pork, but there were many cases where they were brought to Japan without recognizing the illegality.
According to the University of Tokyo, Professor Katsuaki Sugiura of the Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences of the University of Tokyo conducted a questionnaire survey of 2019 Chinese tourists from August to September 8 in collaboration with the Faculty of Agriculture of Miyazaki University and the Japan Agricultural News. We have summarized the status of bringing in products.
Of these, seven, or 2.8% of the total, said they brought pork products to Japan.Hams and sausages came into Japan, and the amount brought in per person ranged from 7 grams to 1 kilograms. None of the seven were aware that it was illegal to bring them in.
When Professor Sugiura and his colleagues applied the results of this survey to the number of Chinese tourists visiting Japan before the spread of the new coronavirus infection (about 2018 million in 600), about 17 people illegally brought in pork products annually. It turned out that there was a possibility.
African swine fever is a livestock infectious disease that infects pigs and wild boars and is caused by the African swine fever virus.No cure has been established, but so far there have been no reports of human infection. Discovered in Kenya, Africa in the early 20th century, it has now expanded to Europe, Asia and South America.
The cause of the expansion is the bringing in of pork products. Since it was confirmed in China in August 2018, invasion into Japan has been worried.
