SPECIALISTS SAY SALE OF PORK UNDER SUPERVISION

“24-hour shift operates in all the regions of the republic where African Plague is reported. We control that the meat of the infected animals is not taken out of the region,” Gevorg Tovmasyan, deputy head of veterinary inspection at the ministry of agriculture, told Panorama.am.

He assured the meat which is taken out for sale must have an authorization paper by the veterinary. He said the veterinary service-regional inspection-market cycle functions well. ''In the initial stage, several cases of violations were reported but they were prevented and the traders were fined,'' the inspection head said.

Today's data says 15,500 pigs were killed in the republic. No new spots of infection were reported. Quarantine is announced in Shirak and Lori regions. Tovmasyan said there is a danger that the plague may spread. The government has issued no final decision on compensation.