Limit to how far pigs can be distributed

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, which has decided to allow preventive vaccination to prevent the spread of swine cholera infection, will carefully consider how far the distribution of vaccinated pigs and pork should be restricted in the future at a conference by experts It is a policy.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries decided on a policy to allow preventive vaccination on the 20th, and began a specific procedure to enable vaccination.

However, if you are vaccinated, if you want to maintain a “clean country” certification by an international organization that can smoothly export pork, it is necessary to keep live pigs moving and pork distribution within the vaccinated area. .

However, some local governments say that it is not realistic to strictly manage the distribution of pork.

For this reason, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has a policy of carefully examining how much it is necessary to restrict the distribution of pork to prevent infection at an expert meeting by experts.

Japan is expected to become a “non-clean country” if it is confirmed that the infection of swine cholera was confirmed in September last year and the international organization's “clean country” certification was suspended and severe restrictions were imposed on the distribution of pork. It seems that you will be forced to make difficult decisions.

On the other hand, measures against "African swine fever", which is a disease completely different from swine fever, and has extremely strong infectivity, are also an issue.

Infection in Japan has not been confirmed yet, but there are concerns that hygiene management in pig farms may be neglected due to the vaccination of “pig cholera”, so the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is thorough hygiene management for pig farmers. I will ask again.