Fear in Panama over pork from the Dominican Republic

Published 2021년 8월 9일

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The article reports a severe alarm raised due to the detection of African swine fever (ASF) in the Dominican Republic, as confirmed by the USDA. This development has prompted Panama and Mexico to take stringent measures to prevent the spread of the disease. In Panama, a shipment of 80 pounds of pork from the Dominican Republic was intercepted, leading to a zoosanitary alert. Meanwhile, Mexico has initiated a comprehensive plan, involving over a thousand technicians and 112 canine pairs, to safeguard its pig population. The countries are leveraging their efforts to maintain their pig production without experiencing disruptions due to ASF, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The protein was found in Bocas del Torro, for which the Panamanian authorities declared the zoosanitary alert. In recent days, the USDA Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory confirmed the presence of African swine fever (ASF) in samples collected from pigs in the Dominican Republic. (Read: African swine fever confirmed in the Dominican Republic) This is indicated by a Declaration of the United States Department of Agriculture - USDA, issued yesterday, July 28, in which it explains the protection measures that the United States government has taken, as well as the support that it will give to the Dominican Republic to deal with PPA. Faced with this situation, the entire continent is under alert for the disease. For this reason, the inspectors of the Executive Directorate of Agricultural Quarantine of the Ministry of Agricultural Development of Panama found inside the vessel named Balsa 91, refrigerators containing 80 pounds of pork from the Dominican Republic. The Panamanian ...

Source: MXContexto