BRITAIN’S bacon butties are under threat due to a shortage of pigs and the prospect of higher prices.
Fears come after African Swine Fever led to nearly 20 per cent of China’s pigs being wiped out.
This has sent prices soaring by 37 per cent and experts reckon it is only “a matter of time” before the surge hits Europe.
The disease outbreak is a huge blow as China produces half the world’s pork.
Analysts at Peel Hunt told The Times: “This is enormous and is almost certainly an underestimate.
This is resulting in increasing pig prices in China — up 37 per cent in March — as well as a sharp increase in imports, which will result in higher pig prices elsewhere.”
China has imposed travel restrictions on its livestock but the deadly disease has already spread across the country.
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It can be passed on by live or dead pigs, according to the World Organisation for Animal Health. There is no vaccine and transmission can also occur via contaminated animal feed.
The virus can survive several months in processed meat and several years in frozen carcasses.
In its current form it cannot affect humans — but there are fears that future mutations could be harmful.
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