date:May 29, 2013
ports of entry - specifically, Canada, where the United States imported 5.7 million head of live hogs last year.
Canada has never had a confirmed case of the virus, though it does not test for it, government officials told Reuters.
Canada has very effective import measures in place to address this risk, said Dr. Rajiv Arora, senior staff veterinarian for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's foreign animal disease section.
Canada can import live breeding pigs, under permits, from either the U