Hog cholera “purification country” certification cancellation unavoidable prospect September 28 6:28
With the spread of swine infectious diseases and swine cholera, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries decided to vaccinate against pigs. The distribution of pork is also not limited by region, and it is inevitable that the international organization will revoke the “clean country” certification indicating that there is no outbreak of porcine cholera.
In September of last year, swine cholera was confirmed in Gifu Prefecture for the first time in 26 years in Japan, and has expanded to 8 prefectures in total. The “clean country” certification has been suspended.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries decided to vaccinate pigs this month and distributed the inoculated pork meat only in that region to avoid the country being considered as a “clean country” and to influence exports. We have been studying whether it can be kept to a minimum.
However, according to the proposal presented by the committee that decides the countermeasures held on the 27th, the region where the pork is difficult to trace is not limited.
As it is, it is virtually impossible to return to the “clean country” from the state where the certification was suspended at the time of vaccination, and it is inevitable that the whole country will revoke the “clean country” certification. It became an outlook.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries says, “I want to minimize the impact, for example, by having the export partner explain the situation and understand the current situation so that it can be exported from areas where porcine cholera has not occurred.”