Mainland China has suspended the transport of all live pigs to Hong Kong, causing pork prices to soar by as much as 40 per cent on Saturday, after the city confirmed its first case of African swine fever.Pork traders said on Saturday evening they would stand guard overnight to prevent officials from entering the city’s main slaughterhouse to cull some 6,000 pigs which they believed were safe for consumption.The transfer of at least 3,500 pigs, which were to be processed at the city’s three…
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