ARMENIA BANS IMPORT OF PORK FROM GEORGIA

Armenian veterinary state inspection has imposed a boycott on imported pork from Georgia. Grisha Baghyan, inspection head, told Panorama.am that pigs have massively died in Georgia recently. Baghyan said International Epidemic Bureau sources say a virus has been detected among pigs in Georgia. “All cars entering Armenia from Georgia are disinfected,” he said also saying pork and pork products are confiscated and destroyed. Baghyan believes the price of pork will not go up in Armenia since only little meat was imported from Georgia.

Russia has also banned import of pork from Georgia. According to Russian sources, pigs in Georgia are infected by “African plague” which has been proven in one of Great Britain laboratories.