China cracks down on African swine fever reporting


FILE PHOTO: Piglets are seen at a farm in Suining in southwest China's Sichuan province June 18, 2007. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Wednesday issued new rules to tighten notification of cases of African swine fever, including incentives for whistleblowers, amid concerns that outbreaks of the highly contagious disease are being under reported.

The notice comes as the world's top pork producer struggles to contain the disease with more than 60 outbreaks in 18 provinces since early August, leading to the culling of hundreds of thousands of pigs.

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