Malaysia will ease pork import restrictions in order to meet demand for the Chinese New Year holiday. Dr. Abdul Aziz Jamaluddin, director general of the government’s veterinary services, told The Star newspaper that Malaysia has relaxed import restrictions on 10 types of pork-based products from several countries.
Since October, the price of live pigs has gone up 4% and the retail price of pork per kilogram has risen 57%, according to The Star. Aziz attributed the accelerating costs to culling for disease and heavy sales of suckling pigs last December. The government also recently shut down five farms for using beta agonist to promote pig growth.
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