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ASF Italy: Northern Italy culls tens of thousands of pigs
African Swine Fever (ASF) continues to claim victims on pig farms in northern Italy. Only in the northern regions this year, so far 23 pig farms have been infected in 2024, leading to the culling of tens of thousands of pigs.
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France begs Olympic visitors not to bring in ASF
Since African Swine Fever (ASF) is coming ever closer to the borders of France, the department of agriculture in Paris has intensified its warnings to visitors and foreign workers by asking them to take every possible precaution to prevent the deadly disease from coming into the country.
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France secured pork exports to China in the event of an ASF outbreak
An agreement signed this week between the governments of France and China will allow pork producers in the European country to export pig meat in the Asian market even if an African swine fever (ASF) outbreak will occur in the future. During his visit to China in November 2019, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, had agreed with the President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, to carry out work aimed at China's recognition of applying the principle of "zoning" in the case an African swine fever (ASF) outbreak is declared on French territory.
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Poland confirms new ASF outbreaks in domestic pigs in new areas
So far this year, seven outbreaks of ASF have been detected in domestic pigs, three of them in the Lodzkie Voivodeship.