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The transport and delivery routes for livestock production must be closely monitored.

The Work Group is preparing a regulation project that introduces the obligation of all the farms to adapt, so they fulfil the biosecurity programme principles.

The prohibition affects four voivodates.

Since June 2017, these countries have notified 3,089 outbreaks in wild boars and 122 in domestic pigs.

The current outbreak, notified by the WOAH, has been detected on a backyard farm.

At a special meeting of the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) on 3 January, a European Union request for authorization to suspend concessions or other obligations with respect to the Russian Federation in a dispute over import restrictions on pig products was referred to arbitration.

Pig keepers are being reminded not to feed kitchen scraps to their animals to prevent outbreaks of animal disease.

According to the ESA platform, there has been an increase in the number of outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) in the last months in Europe.

Although Russia has accepted the WTO’s recommendations, the ban still goes on due to the Russian embargo to several countries (among them all the EU countries) due to political reasons.

During the meeting of the Council of Ministers of Agriculture of the European Union, which took place this Monday and Tuesday, the situation of African swine fever was discussed.

The veterinary authorities of Moldova have reported new cases of African swine fever in backyard domestic pigs and wild boars to the WOAH.

The Polish veterinary authorities have confirmed new cases of African swine fever in the voivodate of Mazowieckie.

The detection of new outbreaks confirms the slow but constant progress of the disease from the East of Europe towards western regions.

The WOAH has informed of the appearance of the disease near Warsaw.

The SPS Plan is the result of a multi-year collaborative effort by industry, state, federal, and academic representatives. Funding for its development was provided by USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the National Pork Board.

Sharing best practices in fighting African swine fever is critical to halt the spread of the disease, say EFSA experts. These include early detection methods and rigorous emergency measures.