Italy expects problems with prosciutto production due to ASF

In Italy, the mass spread of African swine fever (ASF) is threatening the production of one of the country's main "calling cards" - prosciutto ham. This is reported by The Financial Times. The ASF virus has already been detected on 25 farms in two northern regions of the country - Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna. Since mid-July, more than 50 thousand pigs have had to be slaughtered there. At the same time, the outbreak has become the largest in the country since the 1960s. Local pig farmers have not ruled out that the disease could also seriously damage the production of sausages and pork delicacies, and the total damage will exceed eight billion euros. Nevertheless, Russian-born Italian journalist Sergei Iezuitov believes that Italian farmers have enough experience and skill to resist the disease and prevent a prosciutto shortage. He also noted the high level of work of Italian specialists in eliminating the disease. Jesuitov does not see any prerequisites for a shortage of this ...