China bans livestock product imports from numerous countries on disease worries

FILE- Goats, slated to be killed due to the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, stand on a farm in Schoeneiche, Germany, Jan. 13, 2025. China has banned the import of livestock from numerous countries, including Germany, because of disease concerns.

China has prohibited imports of sheep, goat, poultry and even-toed ungulates from African, Asian and European countries due to outbreaks of livestock diseases such as sheep pox, goat pox and foot-and-mouth-disease.