On Monday 24 September, the European Commission said the Belgian government had taken a good decision to slaughter pigs from farms situated in a perimeter of 63,000 hectares infected by African swine fever (see EUROPE 12101).
Fighting this disease is a ‘priority’ for the Commission because it is a threat to the EU economy and its pig farms, explained a spokeswoman for the institution.
Although no pork farms have been hit by the disease (the cases found are in wild boar in the Belgian...