ASF is actively spreading over the territories of Moldova, Hungary, Romania and the Czech Republic. However, Poland demonstrates the highest rate of distribution, AgroPerspectiva reported.
On May 9 there were protests of farmers organized by the Polish Trade Union throughout the country. They demand restrictions on food imports, compensation for damages caused by weather conditions and ASF, pigua.info reported.
In Poland, certificates of animal health are one of the main ways to combat ASF. Without them, it is impossible to sell meat abroad. However, farmers demand their cancelation, pigua.info reported.
ASF in Poland makes it difficult to develop the business of large meat and meat producers, including Gobarto, ZM Henryk Kania or Tarczyński. Companies lose the opportunity to supply meat abroad, to countries that do not recognize regionalization, pigua.info reported.
Over the past three years 1.5 million wild boars have been killed in Poland because of the threat of spreading the African swine fever virus (ASF). This is reported by the Polish Union of Hunters, UNN informed with reference to the Interregional ecological public organization “Green front”.
The Office of State Property of Poland has strengthened inspections at airports for the detection of animal products in baggage, which may cause further spread of ASF in the territory of the European Union. This is reported by the interregional environmental organization "Green Front", reports UNN.
Regional council of the Lublin province calls on the government to refrain from building a fence on the eastern border, which is designed to prevent the spread of the African swine fever virus (ASF), reports portalspozywczy.pl.
Polish business is concerned about the sharp increase in imports from Ukraine, primarily food.
This was announced during the "Europe-Ukraine" forum in Rzeszow (Poland) by the vice-president of the Ukrainian-Polish Chamber of Commerce Elzbieta Bodjo, European Pravda reports.