Smuggling of piglets from Vietnam rampant
By Zhao Wen |
April 4, 2013, Thursday
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SMUGGLING of piglets from Vietnam is rampant, a local media reported.
The Yangcheng Evening News reported yesterday that about 6,000 piglets are smuggled from Vietnam to a slaughterhouse in Foshan City in Guangdong Province every day without getting any quarantine inspection or even paying customs tariffs.
The newspaper claimed it was tipped off by a former employee of Dali Jinfeng Meat Co in Foshan.
The whistle-blower, surnamed Chen, said the piglets were smuggled from the border in the southwest Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Illegal pork traders then transported the piglets to slaughterhouses in Guangzhou, Foshan and Zhongshan.
The traders did a detour to evade tariffs and quarantine inspection and bribed customs officials, the newspaper claimed.
"Guangzhou and Foshan account for about 70 percent of the smuggled pigs while the rest were transported to Zhongshan and other neighboring cities," Chen told the newspaper.
The smuggled piglets were 20 yuan (US$3.23) cheaper. Most of them are sold to roasted meat shops and low-end restaurants in Guangzhou and Foshan cities.
Chen said his former company slaughtered about 6,000 smuggled piglets every day.
China banned imports of Vietnamese piglets in 1998 over fears about foot and mouth disease. Though the ban was lifted later on, pork importers needed quarantine and customs clearance.
The Yangcheng Evening News reported yesterday that about 6,000 piglets are smuggled from Vietnam to a slaughterhouse in Foshan City in Guangdong Province every day without getting any quarantine inspection or even paying customs tariffs.
The newspaper claimed it was tipped off by a former employee of Dali Jinfeng Meat Co in Foshan.
The whistle-blower, surnamed Chen, said the piglets were smuggled from the border in the southwest Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Illegal pork traders then transported the piglets to slaughterhouses in Guangzhou, Foshan and Zhongshan.
The traders did a detour to evade tariffs and quarantine inspection and bribed customs officials, the newspaper claimed.
"Guangzhou and Foshan account for about 70 percent of the smuggled pigs while the rest were transported to Zhongshan and other neighboring cities," Chen told the newspaper.
The smuggled piglets were 20 yuan (US$3.23) cheaper. Most of them are sold to roasted meat shops and low-end restaurants in Guangzhou and Foshan cities.
Chen said his former company slaughtered about 6,000 smuggled piglets every day.
China banned imports of Vietnamese piglets in 1998 over fears about foot and mouth disease. Though the ban was lifted later on, pork importers needed quarantine and customs clearance.
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