Organizations ask to stop pork imports due to the increase in fear of the arrival of swine fever in Spain

The main Spanish pork meat organizations have asked their associates to take maximum precautions to prevent the entry of African swine fever (ASF) into our country into Spain, after years spreading through European countries. Specifically, the Interprofesional del Porcino de Capa Blanca (Interporc) requests that pork imports of both live animals and meat products from areas affected by the disease be reduced “and even stopped”. The reason? A "complex and not always reliable" traceability system of origins and health guarantee, acknowledges the employers' association itself, according to Nerea San Esteban on voxpopuli.com. In a poster sent and sent jointly with the National Association of Meat Industries of Spain (Anice) to its associates this January, Interporc states that the entry of meat products from countries with the presence of the disease "is difficult to control, especially in house killings, as happens in Eastern countries». A lack of confidence that occurs despite the ...