The transportation of goods feels marked "without evidence" by the outbreak of swine fever.

The Spanish Confederation of Goods Transport (CETM) has expressed its discontent after the Catalan conseller for Agriculture, Òscar Ordeig, explained on Monday that it is possible that African swine fever (ASF) arrived in Spain by road in a contaminated sausage that could have been eaten by wild boars. In a statement, the CETM regrets the statements, as they "suggest—without any proof—that a truck driver could be the origin of an ASF outbreak after consuming a sandwich with foreign sausage and throwing the remains out of the window," and insists that professional drivers work "with responsibility and civility." In a press conference to report on the outbreak of this animal disease, which had not appeared in Spain since 1994, the conseller said there are "indications that it could be a spoiled sausage," possibly inside a sandwich that someone could have thrown in an area where many trucks pass and there are service areas. "But it is not confirmed," Ordeig emphasized. Now the CETM ...