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X-ray inspection of carry-on luggage at the airport.
nucleic acids, including 10 specimens in Kinmen County and 2 in Lienchiang County. No specimens tested positive in Taiwan proper.
(b) Monitoring and testing of dead pigs at rendering plants: The COA sent samples for testing from 423 head of hogs, with all testing negative.
(c) Monitoring and testing for suspected atypical ASF cases at slaughterhouses: Meat inspectors sent 317 samples for further testing and all results were negative.
To prepare for possible outbreaks of the disease, the COA held continual reassessments and fixed shortcomings through the process of exercises, to ensure that all responsible agencies and institutions were familiar with contingency measures and had done the necessary preparatory work. All city and county governments had conducted inspection and quarantine exercises for ASF prior to January 31, 2019, simulating implementation of response measures prior to the outbreak of ASF in Taiwan. On June 28, the COA held the "National Inspection and Quarantine Exercise for African Swine Fever" in Tainan, during which we simulated standard operating procedures for movement controls, outfitting of disease-prevention personnel in protective suits, sampling, culling of pigs, incineration, burial, and disinfection and cleaning at farms with an outbreak of ASF. On December 23, the COA held a wargame simulating the launching of relevant disease-prevention measures at affected farms and surrounding farms after an outbreak of ASF.
Annual Report 2019 Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan
Moreover, to prevent the spread of the ASF virus through feeding pigs with kitchen waste, farms that feed pigs with kitchen waste all had to pass inspections and continuously cook kitchen waste at 90 degrees Celsius for one hour. On December 24, 2018, the COA began promoting measures for farms using kitchen waste to transition away from this practice, including subsidies to make up for cost differentials after switching over to feed, technical consultations and guidance, and subsidies for ceasing operations. The COA’s Livestock Research Institute formed a technical services team for farms transitioning away from feeding pigs with kitchen waste, providing guidance to a total of 1,691 such farms (600 farms for on-site guidance and 1,091 guidance meetings). As for the development and use of alternative kitchen waste feed, the rate of growth for pigs was comparable to that for pigs fed kitchen waste, the properties of pig corpses and the quality of pork were unaffected, and farmers could save NT$300 per head in feed costs. The COA, the Environmental Protection Administration, and local governments will continue to inspect farms that feed pigs with kitchen waste to ensure that they are following relevant regulations.
Testing and handling of a sea- drifting pig corpse.
The "National Inspection and Quarantine Exercise for African Swine Fever."
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