The blame is not on the pig: Argentina suspended the importation of pork foods coming from Spain due to a case of P.

The National Service of Agri-Food Health and Quality (Senasa) has ordered the temporary closure of imports of pork food products from Spain, following the confirmation of an outbreak of ASF (African Swine Fever) in Barcelona. Following the confirmation of the sanitary finding by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) and its official communication to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), Senasa has reinforced sanitary prevention measures and commercial cargo controls in ports, airports, and border crossings in Argentina, in order to prevent the entry of goods, products, and by-products of porcine origin. The positive cases were detected in two wild boars found dead on November 26 in Bellaterra (Barcelona) and reported by the official veterinary services of Catalonia. Upon confirmation of the case and in safeguarding the ASF-free status that the Argentine Republic maintains, in line with the sanitary alert – Resolution No. 564/2021 – issued by the ...