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Consumers abandon Halong canned goods amid contamination fears

VnExpress

Upon learning that 130 tons of diseased pork were stored in the Halong Canfoco warehouse, Nguyen Hong immediately called her daughter in Hanoi, instructing her to discard all the pate her mother had recently sent.

Dangers from canned meat and pate made from african swine fever-infected pork

VnExpress

While the african swine fever virus does not transmit to humans, infected pork provides an ideal environment for bacteria and toxins to flourish, posing risks of acute poisoning or life-threatening bloodstream infections for consumers.