Portugal: Sardinia reopens pork trade

For the first time in decades, trade in pigs and their products from certain areas of the Italian island of Sardinia will be allowed without health restrictions, under the control of the competent authorities. The new measures also subject several areas to less stringent restrictions than previously, as long as they remain in a localized area. The measure reopens trade for 84% of Sardinia's pig production, according to statements by the President of the region, Christian Solinas. These changes reflect the current epidemiological situation of the disease in Sardinia. ASF has been endemic on the island since 1978. Eradication programs have been in place for 40 years and an "extraordinary plan" was launched in 2015. As a result, the number of ASF outbreaks in Sardinia has drastically decreased, as confirmed by the latest ...