Japan does not import pork from China's southwestern Sichuan Province, where a fatal swine disease is spreading, officials at the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry stated Friday.
The officials also stressed that all Chinese pork imports into Japan are treated with heat, looking to allay concerns that the disease will spread here.
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