SHANGHAI, Sept 13 (Reuters): China banned pork imports from Germany on Saturday (Sept 12) after it confirmed its first case of African swine fever last week, in a move set to hit German producers and push up global prices as China's meat supplies tighten.
China's ban on imports from its third largest supplier comes as the world's top meat buyer deals with an unprecedented pork shortage after its own epidemic of the deadly hog disease.
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