AT least one pork vendor in Trinidad is voicing concerns following reports of a pig-related disease that has left customers sceptical and has shaken their confidence in the local meat market.

Devon Oliver sells at the Arima indoor market, and the situation has already begun to affect business. For the past seven years, after taking over the business from his father, who had been in the trade for more than two decades, he says the fallout has been significant.

“I took over from my father seven years ago, but he was in the fish business, and now he sells both pork and beef. When this thing came out, I had to start researching for myself to understand if it could affect humans,” the vendor explained.