ASF spreads to new region in South Korea

This is the fourth farm outbreak in South Korea this year.

The outbreak in domestic pigs is the first reported outbreak since January.

The outbreak started in two wild boars in northeast Albania.

South Korea only allows pork and beef from Areas Free of Foot-and-Mouth Disease without Vaccination.

On July 8, at the Tam Diep Nuclear Pig Breeding Station, the Center for Digital Transformation and Agricultural Statistics (DTS) in collaboration with the People's Committee of Ninh Binh Province held the groundbreaking ceremony of the project "Setting up a smart farm" in Hanoi and improving the pig farming value chain in Ninh Binh”.

The first three German slaughter and processing plants were re-approved by the Korean authorities for export to South Korea.

Outbreaks of African swine fever have spread in the country even in the winter.

UK government has secured the removal of rules banning the export of certain pork products to South Korea.