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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11414

21 October 2015
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) animal health
EU epizootics control system recognised in US

Brussels, 20/10/2015 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission gave a welcome on Tuesday 20 October to the recent move by the US to recognise the EU regionalisation system put in place to contain the spread of African swine fever (ASF), a disease affecting pigs and wild boar.

This recognition will help to avoid trade disruption in the event of an outbreak of a disease. Trade in pork products between the EU and the US was valued at approximately €335 million, in 2014 alone.

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