The Government targets EU mechanisms to compensate the sector if the plague reaches the farms

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food, Luis Planas, has recalled that the European Union has regulations and mechanisms to compensate the pork sector in the event that African swine fever enters the farms. This hypothetical scenario would lead to the slaughter of all pigs on the farm where the positive case is detected, which would activate "compensations provided by the EU," as he indicated during an interview on TVE. Furthermore, if the impact of African swine fever "has consequences on the prices" of the pork market, there are mechanisms outlined in the European agricultural markets CMO to take action. Planas has once again called for calm, to "not lower our guard" in the face of the arrival of African swine fever and to maintain coordination between administrations and the sector to try to prevent outbreaks from spreading. He has reiterated that pork foods are safe for people because it is a disease ...