Transporting 70kg of unquarantined pig organs for consumption

At 10:45 on May 10,tWhile on duty in Dien Chau district, the working group of Team 4 of the Environmental Police Department of Nghe An Province discovered Nguyen Van Cuong (born in 1979, residing in Dong Loc hamlet, Dien Ngoc commune) driving a motorbike with license plate 37P7-1250 transporting 2 foam boxes containing 70 kg of pig organs without a quarantine certificate.

The Environmental Police Department handed over the organs to Dien Chau Veterinary Station. Photo: Van Anh

Nguyen Van Cuong confessed to purchasing the above pig organs at Phu Dien market (Dien Chau) and transporting them to Do Luong for sale.

The Environmental Police Department has temporarily detained the vehicle and the above organs and handed them over to Dien Chau Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Station for handling according to regulations.

Currently, African swine fever has broken out and is spreading rapidly in Dien Chau district.

Dien Chau destroyed nearly 1 ton of pigs infected with African swine fever

(Baonghean.vn) - At noon on May 10, the authorities of Dien Chau district and Dien Quang commune destroyed the pigs infected with African swine fever. This is the locality with the largest scale of the epidemic in Dien Chau district.

Dien Chau district has 3 more outbreaks of African swine fever

(Baonghean.vn) - On May 9, 3 more localities in Dien Chau district detected pigs positive for African swine fever, including: Dien My, Dien Bich and Dien Quang. Thus, within 10 days, 7 outbreaks of African swine fever occurred in Dien Chau district.