Spain seeks to keep markets open to avoid the impact on the price of pork

The Government wants new third-party destinations to accept the entry of pork products from areas free of African swine fever. The United Kingdom, China, and South Korea have already accepted this regionalization of the problem. The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food, Luis Planas, sees it as important to keep foreign markets open to the entry of pork products to minimize the impact on the price of these foods following the outbreaks of African swine fever detected in wild boars. In response to three questions from the PP and Junts in the Government control session in Congress regarding this issue, the minister admitted that one of the objectives now is "to keep the markets open so that pork prices are as little affected as possible." At the moment, the United Kingdom, China, and South Korea accept products from areas not affected by the plague, and "we are working with Japan, the Philippines, and the rest" to get them to approve this regionalization as well, he ...