EU MEMBER STATES PASS NEW SWINE FEVER CONTROLS
March 1st, 2014
EUROPEAN Union (EU) member states yesterday (Wednesday) approved detailed restrictions on the handling of pigs and pigmeat in border areas of Poland and Lithuania to try and prevent the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF). Veterinary officials have this year confirmed four cases in districts close to Belarus, sparking a Russian pigmeat import ban that has been roundly criticised as an overreaction by the EU. However, EU animal health officials have continued to work on detailed movement restrictions, and have now approved one comprehensive anti-African Swine ...
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