Singapore Food Agency refutes Indonesian report about country's ‘readiness’ to import pig carcasses from Bulan Island


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SINGAPORE, May 7 (The Straits Times/ANN): The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has on Sunday refuted an Indonesian media report that Singapore is “ready” to import pig carcasses from Bulan Island, Batam, where African swine fever (ASF) had been detected.

The Antara report, published on Saturday, cited the director-general for animal husbandry and health at Indonesia’s Agriculture Ministry, Dr Nasrullah, as saying that SFA had “expressed their readiness to import pig carcasses”, following a virtual meeting between the Singapore agency and Indonesia’s National Veterinary Authority in April.

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