Latin American meat producers cashed in when China faced a pork shortage between 2018 and 2020, as African swine fever devastated the country’s pork supply, the staple meat for much of the population. But now, producers fear the disease — which is deadly for pigs but poses no risk to humans — is making its way to the Americas.
As we recently reported, health authorities identified cases of African swine flu (ASF) in the Dominican Republic – the first such cases in the Americas in the past 40 years. Now, 22 organizations linked to the pork industry, across 18...
