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12 July 2022 | By New Food
The UK is precariously vulnerable to African Swine Fever, the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) has revealed, after more cases were detected in western Europe.
23 March 2017 | By EFSA
African swine fever is spreading slowly in the Baltic countries and Poland, according to the latest epidemiological data analysed by these Member States and EFSA.
4 September 2018 | By New Food
The Food and Agriculture Organization has warned how the current outbreak of African swine fever could easily spread.
5 November 2019 | By Sam Mehmet (New Food)
The head of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has warned that all countries, no matter their geographical location, are at risk of having African swine fever enter their borders.
12 October 2017 | By George Smith (New Food)
Up until now, China has largely dodged the African swine fever (ASF) epidemic. But researchers fear a scenario where the country becomes a 'vast virus reservoir', putting the economies of South East Asia in jeopardy.
16 December 2019 | By Sam Mehmet (New Food)
Chinese gangs have reportedly been spreading rumours, causing panic, infecting livestock and smuggling pigs, as they attempt to exploit the current African swine fever crisis in China.
19 February 2019 | By New Food
Chinese frozen food manufacturer Sanquan Food Co reportedly saw its share price drop by 2.25 percent last Monday. This follows reports that traces of African swine fever had been found in its frozen dumpling products. Chinese media reported on Friday that traces of African swine fever had been found in…
2 September 2020 | By Sam Mehmet (New Food)
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has begun a major campaign to raise awareness and help halt the spread of African swine fever (ASF) in south-east Europe. The campaign is aimed at countries that in 2019 EFSA identified as collectively comprising a “region of concern” because of their proximity to…
10 March 2020 | By Sam Mehmet (New Food)
The US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, Greg Ibach, has announced additional measures to control and eradicate African Swine Fever (ASF) if the virus is ever detected in the US. “First and foremost, USDA is committed to doing all it can to prevent African…
11 April 2019 | By New Food Magazine
[…] commodities value chain, has revealed that pork prices in the U.S. and Western Europe are expected to increase by over 20 percent and 15 percent respectively, as African Swine Fever (ASF) continues to plague China – the world’s largest producer, consumer and importer of pork. China’s ASF situation has…
31 January 2020 | By Sam Mehmet (New Food)
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published its latest annual update on the presence of African swine fever (ASF) in the European Union. During the period covered by the report – November 2018 to October 2019 – Czech Republic became officially ASF-free. The disease was, however, confirmed as present…
1 November 2019 | By Adam Speck
Last August, global pigmeat markets were hit by news that African Swine Fever (ASF) had reached China – home to half of the world’s pig herd. Having already caused havoc in Russia, the Ukraine and eastern parts of the EU, it came as little surprise that the disease had spread…
10 September 2020 | By Bethan Grylls (New Food)
[…] strict measures to avoid contamination, along with the implementation of a crisis management plan. The situation was “considered probable for some time”, due to a case of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Poland close to the German border. In February, analysts AHDB warned of the spread in a report…
11 June 2019 | By Rachael Harper (New Food Magazine)
According to the China Meat Association, Beijing will allow more imported meat into the country due to pork shortages as African swine fever (ASF) curbs domestic hog herds. Gao Guan, the vice president of the association, continued that restrictions on buffalo meat imports from India may be lifted as well as…
15 April 2020 | By Tyler A. McNeil
As antibiotic usage drops, the National Pork Board is monitoring a once-mighty bacterial swine disease now sparsely recorded in the US. Here, Tyler A. McNeil explores the infection’s wrath, halt, rebound and future.
