Japan's “clean country” certification revoked without ending “pig fever” 5:23 on September 4
The swine fever, which is an infectious disease of swine, has not ended in Japan, and Japan has been revoked from the international organization as a “clean country” certification on the 3rd.
If the country is no longer a free country, it may affect the export of pork, but the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has negotiated and exports it individually, so there is no significant effect.
CSF = swine fever is an adult, and since it was confirmed in Gifu Prefecture for the first time in 26 years in Japan, more than 160,000 pigs have been slaughtered in 10 prefectures in total, and Japan is monitoring livestock infectious diseases. Accreditation as a “clean country” has been suspended by the international organization, OIE, the International Bureau of Animal Health.
In order to return to a free country, it is a requirement that swine fever has not been developed in pigs for more than a year and has not been vaccinated during the first two years.
However, in addition to the outbreak of pigs in Okinawa Prefecture until March this year, vaccinations have continued since October last year to prevent infection from wild boars, and Japan has been certified as a free country on the 3rd. Was canceled.
If it is no longer a clean country, it may affect the export of pork, but the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has negotiated and exported with major export destinations such as Hong Kong and Singapore, and it has no big impact. ..
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Animal Health Division, “Certification of a free country is an international evaluation that indicates an advanced country of livestock quarantine, and we would like to end our efforts to regain the certification.”