Taiwan has exported large amounts of frozen pork, although this was affected by an outbreak of hoof and mouth disease in 1997.

Because it was a holiday, the men breezed into the house from the backyard volleyball court while Ms. Gress-Escamilla, planning for the next day, slid frozen pork out of the freezer to thaw.

Commodities eligible under EEP initiatives are wheat, wheat flour, semolina, rice, frozen poultry, frozen pork, barley, barley malt, table eggs, and vegetable oil.

But the images came clearer, too clear for a dream, and: His right leg and most of his right side were as numb as frozen pork.

According to the agency, the price of frozen pork jumped 50 percent, to about 50 cents a pound.

"The ship, a Minerva Lines freighter called the Queen Artemisia, left the Shanghai harbor three weeks ago with a seemingly innocent cargo manifest of soybeans, frozen pork, tea, paper and carpets."

On 25 January 2009, Chinese quarantine authorities seized over 23 tonnes of frozen and contaminated Irish pork which was imported by a company in the city of Suzhou in October 2008.

Many of the other items, like fresh or frozen pork and beef products used by food processors, are not sold directly to consumers.

The commerce ministry keeps a national reserve of frozen pork and live pigs, and local governments keep their own reserves as well, constantly selling older supplies and procuring fresh stock.

So far this year, according to Government figures, Singapore has imported 14 tons of frozen Belgian pork, 60 tons of canned Belgian pork and 17.6 tons of Belgian egg powder.