South Korea reopened to German pork

The first three German slaughterhouses and processing plants were re-approved by the Korean authorities for export to South Korea. The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) had made intensive efforts to conclude a regionalization agreement in order to be able to resume trade from the unaffected regions of Germany. Federal Minister Cem Özdemir explains : "Our efforts to lift the ban on deliveries of German pork to Korea are having an effect! I am very pleased that we have managed to make it clear that we have put in place effective protective measures against African swine fever in Germany. We are working on lifting bans on German pork from other third countries, especially with regard to China, and we will take every opportunity to do so. African swine fever and the following restrictions have dealt our pig farmers a severe blow - and in one Time in which many companies have been faced with further existential challenges and the associated structural breaks for years." A ...