African swine fever has been detected among pigs in many of Australia's neighbours, spurring fears that the arrival of the disease is inevitable.
Australia's chief veterinary officer, Mark Schipp, has emphasised that the country hasan extra $66 million dollarsThis included the deployment of more biosecurity officers, six new detector dogs, and two new 3D X-ray machines at mail centres in Sydney and Melbourne.
Nevertheless, Dr Schipp said in November that"it's the biggest threat to the commercial raising of pigs we've ever seen."The pork industry provides around 34,000 jobs nationwide. Authorities reported confiscating at least 32 tonnes of cooked pork products at Australian airports last year. Margo Andrae, chief executive of industry body Pork Australia Limited, has said that almost 50 per cent of seized pork products contained traces of ASF.
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