According to information at noon on July 14 from the Domestic Market Management and Development Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade), on the morning of July 11, the Market Management force in charge of the areas of Hoa Binh - Ky Son wards (Phu Tho) coordinated with the interdisciplinary inspection team to inspect a vehicle transporting animals through the area.
The vehicle being inspected is a car with license plate 37H-0 14.36, traveling in the direction of Son La - Phu Tho - Hanoi, discovered and stopped when passing through Ky Son ward, Phu Tho province.
Through inspection, the working group discovered that the vehicle was transporting 192 commercial pigs with a total weight of about 17.2 tons. However, the driver and the airline owner can present documents related to the origin as well as an animal quarantine certificate according to regulations.
Immediately afterwards, the specialized agency took samples for rapid testing. The results showed that 4/5 samples were positive for African swine Fever virus. In this serious situation, in order to promptly prevent the number of infected pigs from being brought to the market for consumption, the inspection team coordinated with local authorities to destroy all pigs that night. The destruction process was strictly supervised in accordance with professional regulations.
At the same time, the case file has been transferred to the competent authority to handle administrative violations against the transportator according to the provisions of law.
