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.
The first two outbreaks of the virus were confirmed in the Podkarpackie voivodeship. By this time, ASF spread on the territory of only four voivodships: Podlaskie, Mazowieckie, Lubelskie and Warminsko-Mazurskie, pigua.info reported.
In July the government adopted a draft amendment proposed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Development of the Village of Poland to the law on specific activities related to the emergence of African swine fever (ASF). The amendments make it possible to increase the use of pork from the ASF zones and thereby unlock the purchase of live animals in quarantine zones. Changes should touch more than 5 thousand farms, pigua.info reported.
According to the report of the Chief Veterinary Officer of Poland, five outbreaks of the virus in households were registered last week, pigua.info reported.
In Poland, there were protests from farmers who demanded the canceling of the slaughter of healthy pigs in the fight against ASF. In their opinion, it makes no sense. They have a number of complaints about veterinary services, pigua.info reported.
Last week 46 new foci of African swine fever were recorded in Poland. This was reported by the chief veterinarian of the country according to pigua.info.
Polish Minister of Agriculture Jan Krzysztof Ardanovsky said that the decision to build a wall against the spread of African swine fever (ASF) should be taken on the basis of certain calculations. The politician noted that he is not a supporter of this form of fighting this disease. In May the Council of Ministers postponed work on the so-called special law on ASF. This is reported by the Polish radio, pravda.lutsk.ua reported.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) will assess the effectiveness of the construction of a fence in order to combat the spread of African swine fever (ASF). This was reported by the Minister of Agriculture and Development of the village of Poland Krzysztof Jurgiel, reports UNN referring to the "Polish Radio".
Farmers from northern Poland, which borders on the Russian Kaliningrad region, appealed to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development to accelerate work related to the construction of a fence on the border with Russia. This is written by "Polish Radio", epravda.com.ua reports.
Warsaw is waiting for the conclusion of the European Agency for Food Safety in the construction of fencing on the eastern border, polradio.pl reported.