16/12/2022 (Agence Europe) – For the first time in decades, trade in pigs and pig products from Sardinia will be allowed in certain areas without health restrictions, under the control of the competent authorities, the European Commission announced on Friday 16 December. These new measures also place other areas under lighter restrictions than the previous ones. A localised area is still subject to stricter conditions for the movement of pigs and pig products from the island. These changes reflect the current epidemiological situation of the epizootic African swine fever in Sardinia and are the result of a Commission proposal, supported by the Member States, to review the zoning measures for the island. (LC)