Finance police in Padua on
Wednesday seized 10 tons of pork illegally imported from China
to the European Union that was potentially contaminated with
African swine fever.
Local health authorities said the meat could be extremely
dangerous so they decided not to analyze it, ordering its
immediate incineration.
Finance police found the meat in a food depot in Padua.
The pork had been transported by truck from the Netherlands
after being shipped from China to the port of Rotterdam,
officials said.
China has lost millions of pigs in outbreaks of the disease.
Italy has taken sweeping measures against swine flu in recent
years.
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