As African swine fever moves through Europe, the EU pledges financial support to impacted countries.
“Fighting African swine fever in the EU represents an extreme and urgent challenge,” EU Commission spokeswoman Anna-Kaisa Itkonen told Reuters in an email. Recent outbreaks of African swine fever have threatened Bulgaria’s pig breeding industry and could have devastating ramifications for the EU pork market.
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The South African Pork Producers’ Organisation (SAPPO) coordinates industry interventions and collaboratively manages risks in the value chain to enable the sustainability and profitability of pork producers in South Africa.