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Immediate measures have been introduced to protect pig farmers and industry from an African swine fever (ASF) outbreak.
To safeguard the UK’s pig and farming industries, personal imports of pork and pork products from the EEA (European Economic Area), the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Switzerland will be banned from September 27, unless such products are manufactured and packaged to EU commercial standards and weigh less than a maximum of 2 kg.
An outbreak of ASF could have a significant impact on the UK’s £8 billion pig industry, as well as its annual pork and pork product exports worth £600 million. It is estimated that an outbreak could cost the UK between £10 million to £100 million.
These new measures will protect British pig farmers and pork products, preventing infected meat from being brought over the border and threatening biosecurity.
The UK has never had an outbreak ASF, and commercial meat imports are routinely checked at the border to ensure infected goods do not reach UK shores.
September 26, 2024/ UK Government/ United Kingdom.
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