Three cases of African swine fever have been recorded in the Kyiv, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions over the past week. This was reported by the press service of the State Service for Food Safety and Consumer Protection, agronews.ua reported.
The establishment of uniform rules for state control over the identification and registration of animals in livestock-raising farms, as well as domestic animals, will resolve a number of issues, among which the spread of ASF. This was said by the head of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection Volodymyr Lapa on Ekolohichna pravda.
In Kherson, because of the outbreak of the African swine fever, it was decided to ban the trade of meat and meat products in the market towns of Khersonskyi komunalnyi rynok CE and the Komunalnyi rynok cooperative. This is reported by pik.ua.
On September 3 in China, two cases of African swine fever were recorded. This is reported by the Ministry of Agriculture of China, pigua.info reported.
On September 1, 2018 a new case of African swine fever was recorded in the Dnipro region of Kherson. This is reported by PIK with reference to the Department of Civil Defense and Defense Work of the State Administration.
The Bulgarian authorities reported the first outbreak of African swine fever in the country on a farm near the border with Romania, pigua.info reported.
The State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection recorded a new case of African swine fever (ASF) in the Odesa region. This time ASF was found at Agrogrime Holding breeding plant, which is located in the village of Karakurt, Bolhrad region, agroday.com.ua reported.
In the Sumy region new cases of African swine fever were recorded. This is stated in the message of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection, UNN reported.
On Saturday, August 25 in Romania African swine fever was recorded on the largest farm in the country, which is the second largest in Europe - in the town of Gropeni, the district of Braila, with more than 140,000 pigs. All animals on the farm will be slaughtered, MEDIAFAX reported according to pigua.info.
Belarus is interested in bringing forward the certification of poultry farms to start exporting poultry meat and products from it to the European Union.
According to the press service of the Belarusian government, this was stated by Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Mikhail Rusy during a meeting with the European Commissioner for Food Safety and Security Vytenis Andriukaitis, agronews.ua reported.