The Department of Fisheries and Livestock in Northern Province has started confiscating pig products that are being supplied to the public for consumption.
Provincial Principle Livestock Officer Liver Hamoonga said this is one of the measures the department has put in place in controlling the outbreak of African swine fever in the area.
Mr. Hamoonga said Fisheries Officers in collaboration with the Zambia Police are on the ground to impound and arrest people transporting such products to the Province.
He said his office has also started mounting sensitization campaigns against the sale and consumption of pork products.
Mr. Hamoonga has since cautioned members of the public trading in pork products to comply with the law or risk their products being confiscated, adding that some pigs that were being transported to Kasama district have also been confiscated and destroyed.
He explained that apart from the ban on consumption of pork products, the police are also on the ground to ensure the ban on the movement of pigs is adhered to.
The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock recently effected the ban on the sale of pig products as well as movement of pigs to control and contain the outbreak of African Swine Fever in the Province.
Fisheries??? What do they know about pigs? Its like asking HH about breading season of tigerfish.
It is the same dept responsible for livestock wewe
So all those saying they dont eat pork and beef and only eat fish, hard luck. Fish, pigs and cattle are now bundled in one department