Pig shortage in Romania

Published 2021년 10월 11일

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Romania is facing a severe shortage of pork for Christmas due to the extreme measures taken to control the African swine fever epidemic. These measures have effectively eradicated pork production in small farms, leaving the country reliant on imports for 70% of its pork consumption. The epidemic has resulted in the culling of hundreds of thousands of pigs, with many experts believing that a significant number of these pigs were not actually infected with the disease. The industry has capacity for 3.6 million fattening pigs, but the current herd is only a quarter of this. The proposed fourth version of an emergency regulation by the Ministry of Agriculture would further restrict pig keeping, and a bill in parliament aims to distinguish between small farm pork production and industrial pig farming.

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It has become a huge question where this year the Romanian consumer will get the pork for Christmas. The measures aimed at reducing the swine fever epidemic have practically eliminated the livestock raised in small farms - writes agrarszektor.hu following the Magyar Nemzet. There are hardly any pigs left in Romania Although the African swine fever that broke out in 2019 is declining in Romania, the seemingly effective treatment of the epidemic has practically pushed pig farmers to the brink of illegality, the Hungarian Nation wrote. Hundreds of thousands of animals have been killed unnecessarily, with several experts claiming that only a small proportion of them were demonstrably infected with swine fever. It is believed that in the area around the focal point, most of the animals should have been sold at a slaughterhouse. By now, there are hardly any pigs in the country, and 70% of domestic pork consumption is covered by imports. The last major slaughter was carried out on one of ...

Source: Trademagazin