Assessment of the risks of ASF spread through the eyes of meat processing enterprises in Ukraine

Published Mar 10, 2023

Tridge summary

The Association 'Swinemakers of Ukraine' (ASU), with USDA support, conducted a survey of meat industry representatives on the risk of swine disease spread during the war. Despite the challenges, 80% of slaughterhouses haven't seen a worsening of the ASF situation and continue to work with pig farms. Only 15% reported an increase in spontaneous meat trade, ranging from 15% to 50%. Although most don't think risks have increased, they continue strict anti-epizootic measures and attribute ASF spread to biosafety rule violations. A detailed analysis of anti-epizootic measures and a report with recommendations will be published later.

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Original content

With the support of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Association "Swinemakers of Ukraine" (ASU) interviewed representatives of slaughterhouses and meat processing plants regarding their assessment of the risks of the spread of swine diseases since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. The survey of representatives of the meat processing industry and other participants of the domestic pork market (industrial and home pork producers, hunters, etc.) is carried out by the ASU within the framework of the project "Ensuring animal health in Ukraine". 80% of the respondent slaughterhouses did not note the deterioration of the epizootic situation regarding ASF due to the post-war war and did not refuse to cooperate with pig farms because of the suspicion of an ASF outbreak on them. In addition, only 15% of respondents noticed an increase in spontaneous meat trade over the past year, and according to processors, the increase in such sales varies from 15% to 50%. ...

Source: Pigua