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2005年 5月 30日 星期一
打印本页 Australian Pork industry to fight quarantine move
AUSTRALIA - The Australian pork industry is within its domestic and international rights to fight a quarantine decision that could wipe out millions of local pigs, a key industry leader says.Australian Pork Ltd (APL) chairman Nigel Smith said quarantine rules appeared to be swinging too much in support of free trade and not enough to preserving Australia's high disease-free status.
His warning echoed criticism last week by Federal Court Justice Murray Wilcox of a decision by the nation's quarantine chief to allow the import of pork from several nations.
In a strongly worded judgment, the judge said the decision to allow the imports would ensure the post weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) - that wipes out millions of piglets across the globe every year - would make its way into Australia.
There are concerns with the federal Department of Agriculture, and in government circles, that the decision could undermine Australia's entire trade system.
Source: AAP.
