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A first inception meeting of which could be held in P.R. China to define the terms of reference and the work programme of the group.

In light of the recent outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) and other animal diseases, the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) has been working on a multi-pronged action plan to: research science-based solutions for mitigating the risks of virus transmission through feed, and communicate any new information and recommendations to the industry and producer groups.

The work provides an atlas that describes the possible roles of these components in the assembly of the viral particle, the viral genes expression and the entry of the virus into the host cell.

Effective January 15, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will add Mongolia to the list of regions that APHIS considers to be affected by African swine fever (ASF).

The conference was attended by experts from the hunting community, scientists, the European Commission, EFSA, OIE, national authorities as well as key stakeholders from EU farming and pig meat sectors.

For 2019, the Commission decided to allocate about €154 million to the fight against animal diseases and infectious diseases of animals that can be transmitted to humans as well as to support plant pests surveys.

In 2018, the ASF cases in the EU both in domestic pigs and wild boars increased considerably.

Besides intensifying wild boar hunting, Denmark has started to build a fence along the Danish-German border.

The tests were conducted on salami and sausages confiscated from a man who flew from Chengdu.

The ASPROCER and SAG have launched a campaign to avoid the entry of meat products, thus avoiding the possible entry of diseases such as African swine fever.

As 2019 gets underway, we see another year full of potential in global pork, with growth in production and demand in many parts of the world. Yet this is overshadowed by the uncertainty created by complex disease and trade issues, as can be read in the just-released RaboResearch report ‘Pork Quarterly Q1 2019: Another Uncertain Year – With More Complex Disease and Trade Issues’.