UK steps up safeguards against African swine fever

Published 2024년 10월 1일

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The UK's Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced emergency measures to safeguard pig farmers and the industry from an African swine fever (ASF) outbreak. These measures include a ban on personal imports of pork and pork products from the European Economic Area (EEA), the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Switzerland, effective September 27, except for products packaged to EU commercial standards and weighing no more than 2kg. ASF poses no risk to human health but could significantly impact the UK's £8 billion pig industry and its annual pork and pork product exports worth £600 million. Defra is also investing £3.1 million to Dover Port Health Authority for 2024/25 to combat illegal meat imports and prevent ASF entry into Great Britain.

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Immediate measures have been introduced to protect pig farmers and industry from an African swine fever (ASF) outbreak, according to a press release from the UK's Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra). ASF is a highly contagious and deadly disease in pigs and wild boar that can be transmitted through infected meat, but poses no risk to human health. The new safeguarding rules will help protect UK livestock by mitigating its spread across the border to the UK. To safeguard the UK’s pig and farming industries, personal imports of pork and pork products from the EEA (European Economic Area), the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Switzerland will be banned from September 27, unless such products are manufactured and packaged to EU commercial standards and weigh less than a maximum of 2kg. An outbreak of ASF could have a significant impact on the UK’s £8 billion pig industry, as well as its annual pork and pork product exports worth £600 million. It is estimated that an ...

Source: Thepigsite