Planas on the cases of ASF: the Spanish pork sector is "immensely responsible and professional"

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food, Luis Planas, has emphasized that the Spanish pork sector is "immensely responsible and professional" and that it will follow all appropriate biosecurity measures to try to prevent the virus from affecting production farms. He has also highlighted the work of the veterinary services of the Generalitat of Catalonia, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food, in adopting measures to try to prevent the spread of the disease. Planas has conveyed a message of tranquility to citizens following the confirmation of two cases of African swine fever (ASF) in wild boars in Bellaterra (Barcelona), a disease that had been eradicated in Spain since 1994. He has assured that the ministry is already working to limit as much as possible the economic impact of the appearance of African swine fever, a disease present in 13 other member states of the European Union. Spain is the ...