African Swine Fever risk to Aust laid bare

By Angelo Risso
Updated October 31 2019 - 12:58pm, first published 12:54pm
The pork industry says if African swine fever breaks out in Australia it could cost them up to $2b.
The pork industry says if African swine fever breaks out in Australia it could cost them up to $2b.

Fragments of the potentially devastating African Swine Fever virus have been discovered in almost half of sampled pig-product seizures at Australian airports.

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