2 new cases of African swine fever were recorded from 11 to 19 September 2018 in Ukraine. This is stated by the press service of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection, pigua.info reported.
The authorities of the Walloon region in the south of Belgium banned forest walks to local residents because of the threat of spread of ASF (African swine fever), UNN reported referring to the statement of the regional minister of agriculture Renée Colen.
African swine fever (ASF) could get to China from the countries of the European Union or Transcaucasia. This was stated in the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision, UNN reported.
The Belgian Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) confirmed the ASF among 2 wild boars near the Belgian village of Etal, in the southern province of Luxembourg, pigua.info reported.
The National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine has developed a draft of a new Instruction on the prevention and control of African swine fever. The project was considered during the workshop under the chairmanship of the first vice-president of the NAAS Mykhailo Hladii. This was reported by the press service of the National Academy of Sciences.
According to the Food and Veterinary Service of Latvia, 15 new cases of African swine fever were detected in the population of wild boars last week. In general, since the beginning of the year, the ASF has already been identified among 720 boars in more than 200 districts of the country and in one city. This is reported by the Latvian portal LSM.lv, UNN informed.
According to the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection, 4 cases of African swine fever were recorded from 06.09.2018 to 10.09.2018 in Ukraine.
Last week the Polish Sejm Commission supported a government bill to simplify the sale of pork from restricted areas due to the emergence of African swine fever. The project was sent to the second reading, pigua.info reported.