The Government will work "to the maximum" to limit the economic impact of swine fever.

Minister Luis Planas has launched a message of "tranquility, prudence, and responsibility" in the face of the return of ASF, more than three decades after it first appeared in Spain. The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food, Luis Planas, has assured that he will work to limit "to the maximum" the economic impact that the detection of African Swine Fever in Spain may have on the exports of the pork sector. In a press conference, the minister launched a message of "tranquility, prudence, and responsibility" in the face of the return of ASF, more than three decades after Spain managed to eradicate it. Furthermore, he has announced that he will meet with the pork sector this Monday to analyze the situation generated by these outbreaks in the province of Barcelona. The "priority" now is to contact third countries that do not accept the regionalization of pork imports from Spain, that is, they close the border to the arrival of any pork product from the country and not just from ...