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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) have agreed to allow safe trade to continue in the event African swine fever (ASF) is reported in either country.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is furthering its overall African Swine Fever (ASF) preparedness efforts with the implementation of a surveillance plan.

An analysis funded by the Swine Health Information Center and National Pork Board estimated the risk for introduction of ASF virus into the US through smuggling of pork in air passengers’ luggage.

The United States, Canada and Mexico are partnering to prevent the African swine fever (ASF) virus from entering their borders.

According to Friedrich Loeffler Institut, the risk of direct spread through infected wild boar is assessed as high in areas close to the affected region in Belgium.

African swine fever has reached Dong Nai Province, a major source of pork supply to Ho Chi Minh City.

Sophia Chan, secretary for food and health of the HKSAR government, confirmed its first case of African swine fever on Friday in slaughterhouse and ordered the cull of at least 6,000 pigs.

The ICA is taking measures in ports, airports and border crossings because of the African swine fever outbreaks in Europe and China

The arrival and rapid spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) in China, home to half the world pig herd, will have a noticeable effect on world markets both for meat and animal feed.

Due to the spreading of African swine fever in some countries and to the risk that this involves, the Italian authorities have strengthened the surveillance.

Canada's Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, welcomes over 150 delegates from 15 countries to the forum on African swine fever (ASF).

The African swine fever virus has spread from the district of Oyadav to the district of O'Chum.

The 8-km-long fence will be completed in late May. The government has also established a white area.