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| 5606 | Cured ham exports increased by 14.01% during the first quarter of 2022 | The Spanish Serrano Ham Consortium (CJSE) announces the export figures for Spanish cured hams and shoulders during the first quarter of 2022, a period in which a total of 11,398.48 tons were exported, compared to the volume obtained during the same period of 2021, with 9,998.08 tons; which has meant an increase of 14.01%. | <p> </p> <p>Likewise, exports were carried out for a total value of 113,165,809.89 euros , which has implied an increase of 14.88% in this respect in relation to the previous year.</p> <p>In addition, the average price of a kilo of ham has increased slightly during this period, standing at 9.93 euros, 0.76% compared to the same period in 2021, when it was 9.85 euros/kg. For its part, the average price in European Union countries stood at 8.97 euros, compared to 12.44 euros in Third Countries, leading to an increase of 0.84% and a decrease of 2.32%, respectively.</p> <p>In global figures, the countries of the European Union imported a total of 8,305.56 tons during this period, increasing by 10.66%, while the Third Countries registered a volume of 3,092.91 tons, 24.08% more . Thus, during the first quarter of the year, the European Union accounted for 72.9% of exports of cured ham, while 27.1% corresponds to Third Countries.</p> <p>Within the European Union, the main markets for Serrano ham continue to be Germany and France , which in addition to accounting for 50% of exports, have seen their value increase by 0.47% and 2.54%; followed by Portugal and Italy. For their part, the markets that have increased the value of their exports to a greater extent during the first quarter of 2022 have been Austria, by 29.72%; Belgium, at 28.63%; and the Netherlands, at 20.19% . Likewise, it is worth highlighting the case of Sweden, which is the European market with the highest average price, with €13.47/kg.</p> <p>On the other hand, the Third Countries that have reflected the most important growth in terms of value have been the USA, at 81.62%, the United Kingdom, at 44.97%, and Japan, at 43.94%. The United Kingdom, moreover, is the market with the most attractive prices with €14.61/kg, an increase of 5.66%. Another data to highlight is the fall that China has experienced, with a decrease of 27.62%, despite the fact that the Asian market continues to have a high average price of €13.90/kg.</p> <p>In terms of formats , 18.52% of the pieces exported in this period correspond to the bone-in format , leading to an increase in value of 21.16%, as well as in export volume by 19.91%; being Portugal, China and Sweden the countries that have registered the greatest growth during this period with respect to this format. For its part, boneless ham rose 12.84% in terms of volume and 13.80% in terms of value, placing Australia as the market that consumes this format the most, followed by Switzerland, at 96.49% and , finally, Chile by 95.91%.</p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2022-07-30 04:11:07 | 2025-07-19 13:49:28 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 7845 | Cured ham exports grow by 8.18 percent in value during the first half of 2024 | The Spanish Serrano Ham Consortium (CJSE) announces the sector-specific export figures for cured hams and shoulders during the first half of 2024, a period in which a total of 26,790.758 tonnes were exported, compared to the volume obtained during the same period in 2023, with 27,767.909 tonnes; which has meant a decrease of 3.52%. Likewise, exports were carried out for a total value of 321,537,731.85 euros, which has implied an increase of 8.18% compared to the previous year. | <p style="font-weight: 400;">In addition, the average price per kilo of ham has risen during this period, reaching 12 euros, specifically a 12.12% increase compared to the same period in 2023, when it was 10.7 euros/kg. Meanwhile, the average price in European Union countries stood at 11.15 euros, compared to 13.98 euros in Third Countries, representing an increase of 13.77% and 7.93%, respectively.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">In global figures, the countries of the European Union imported a total of 18,228.54 tonnes during this period, decreasing by 7.84%, while Third Countries registered a volume of 8,562.21 tonnes, 7.18% more. Thus, during the first half of the year, the European Union accounted for 68% of cured ham exports, while 32% corresponded to Third Countries; data that are due to the increasingly gradual participation of these countries in the global exports of cured ham.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Thus, within the European Union, the main markets for cured ham continue to be France and Germany, which, in addition to accounting for more than 50% of exports of this product, 29.4% and 27.5% respectively, have seen their value increase by 16.95% and 9.46%. Meanwhile, other European markets that have increased the value of their exports during the first half of 2024 have been Sweden, by 27.20% and Austria, by 22.64%.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">On the other hand, the Third Countries that have shown the most significant growth in terms of value have been Mexico, at 58.56%, Switzerland, at 33.58% and Brazil, at 20.17%. However, China has decreased by 24.1%.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The United Kingdom continues to be the market with the most attractive prices at €17.14/kg, representing an increase of 10.26%; followed by Switzerland, which, during this period, reached €16.78/kg.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">In terms of formats, 13.76% of the pieces exported in this period correspond to ham with bone, which, for its part, has seen its export volume fall by 17.32% and its value by 13.74%.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Finally, boneless ham, which represents 85.23% of the total pieces exported in this period, rose by 12.18% in terms of value and fell by 0.49% in terms of volume, placing Australia as the market that consumes the most of this format in relative terms, due to the existing ban in this country on importing bone-in ham, followed by Colombia and the Netherlands, at 98.37% in both cases.</p> | 1 | Retail | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-10-19 00:20:34 | 2025-07-19 23:48:05 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 7180 | Spain exported 738,248 quality seal pieces of Serrano Ham in 2023 | The Spanish Serrano Ham Consortium (CJSE) has released the export data of its ConsorcioSerrano quality seal corresponding to the year 2023, with a total of 738,248 sealed pieces, a figure that represents an interannual increase of 3.93% compared to the previous year's exports in accumulated terms, a period in which a total of 710,331 pieces were added. | <p><span lang="DE">For its part, it is important to highlight some results achieved during 2023, since, throughout the first quarter of the year, in February a total of 67,898 pieces were sealed, which represented a growth percentage of 31.03% and an increase of 16,080 pieces over the same period of the previous year. Likewise, in the months of June and July there was an increase, respectively, of 33.52% and 33.29%, while, in the month of December, a total of 61,556 pieces were obtained, 7,836 more than in 2022, representing a growth of 14.59%.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The intense dissemination work carried out by the Spanish Serrano Ham Consortium during its 34 years of experience has led to its quality seal being consolidated until it is present in more than 65 international markets, representing around 60% of the production of cured ham and 65% of exports in value. A context that has allowed it to configure, therefore, an increasingly solid organization chart within the serrano ham sector, as well as reach record figures in its exports with more than 18 million pieces sealed since its inception.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Furthermore, during 2023, the CJSE has continued to develop a sector plan together with ICEX, with promotional activity that focused mainly on 4 strategic markets such as France, the US, Mexico and the United Kingdom. Furthermore, in Australia, the association continued with its promotional campaign together with the Consorzio del Prosciutto di Parma, started in 2019 with the aim of promoting quality ham in that market.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The strength of this project founded in 1990 has been achieved with activities to promote and disseminate the ConsorcioSerrano quality seal in different markets around the world through tastings at points of sale, advertising in specialized and consumer-directed media, training sessions, training courses or participation in various national and international fairs; which have contributed to bringing the qualities of Serrano ham closer to the general and professional public and have increased the added value of this product by making known the differential values of ConsorcioSerrano ham all over the world.</span></p> | 1 | Retail | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-03-06 00:20:27 | 2025-07-19 13:24:41 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 6971 | Spain: Cured ham exports grow by 4.21 percent in volume until the third quarter of 2023 | The Spanish Serrano Ham Consortium (CJSE) releases the sectoral export figures for cured hams and shoulders until the third quarter of 2023, a period in which a total of 42,302.65 tons were exported, compared to the volume obtained during the same period of 2022, with 40,593.94 tons; which has meant an increase of 4.21%. | <p><span lang="DE">Likewise, exports were carried out for a total value of 458,786,183.15 euros, which has implied an increase of 9.13% in this regard in relation to the previous year.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Furthermore, the average price per kilo of ham has increased during this period, standing at 10.85 euros, specifically 4.72% compared to the same period in 2022, when it was 10.36 euros/kg. For its part, the average price in European Union countries stood at 9.97 euros, compared to 13.00 euros in third countries, leading to an increase of 6.88 and 2.30%, respectively.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In global figures, the countries of the European Union imported a total of 30,089.95 tons during these months, increasing by 8.23%, while third countries recorded a volume of 12,212.70 tons, 4.53% less. Thus, during the first half of the year, the European Union accounted for 71.1% of cured ham exports, while 28.9% corresponded to third countries.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Within the European Union, the main markets for cured ham continue to be France and Germany, accounting for approximately 50% of exports, increase their value by 10.09% and 18.45%. Other European markets that have increased the value of their exports until the third quarter of 2023 have been Portugal, by 27.04%, Austria, by 11.18%, and Sweden, by 3.81%. On the other hand, Sweden continues to be the European market with the highest average price, with €14.95/kg; leading to an increase of 10.11%.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">On the other hand, the third countries that have reflected the most significant growth in terms of value have been Brazil, by 64.83%, Japan, by 26.77%, and Chile, by 19.74%. However, the US and China have decreased, respectively, by 18.95% and 9.80%, although the average price in the US country is stabilized at €14.19/kg, which represents an increase of 12.53 % in relation to the same period of the previous year, when it was €12.61/kg, while the Asian country remains at €14.21/kg, despite having dropped 14.26% in this regard in relation to to 2022. For its part, the United Kingdom continues to emerge as the market with the most attractive prices with €15.73/kg, leading to an increase of 5.62%.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In terms of formats, 16.34% of the pieces exported in this period correspond to the bone-in format , which, for its part, has seen its export volume decrease by 5.77% and its value by 13.16%, due to consumer preference in a large number of countries for formats more associated with the summer period such as slicing. For their part, the largest consumers of this format have been, in proportion, Portugal, Norway and China, the latter being, in addition, a very important market for bone-in ham.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Finally, boneless ham rose by 6.36% in terms of volume and 13.87% in terms of value, placing Sweden and the US as the consumers with the highest prices in relation to this format.</span></p> | 1 | Retail | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-12-17 00:10:52 | 2025-07-19 17:25:16 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 5959 | Spanish exports of cured ham increased by 10.78 percent | The Spanish Serrano Ham Consortium has announced the sectorial export figures for hams and shoulders until the third quarter of 2022, during which a total of 40,595.68 tons were exported, compared to the volume obtained in the same period of 2021, with 36,644.25 tons; which meant an increase of 10.78%. Also, exports were carried out in a total amount of 420,408,798.48 euros, which involved an increase of 15.47% compared to the previous year. | <p>In addition, the average price of a kilo of ham has risen during this period , standing at 10.36 euros, specifically 4.23% compared to 2021, when it was 9.94 euros/kg. For its part, the average price in European Union countries stood at 9.61 euros, compared to 12.77 euros in third countries, leading to an increase of 6.69% and 2.91%, respectively.</p> <p>In global figures, the countries of the European Union imported a total of 28,253.15 tons during this period, increasing by 6.11%, while the third countries registered a volume of 12,342.53 tons, 23.20% more . Thus, during the first nine months of the year, the European Union accounted for 69.6% of cured ham exports, while 30.4% corresponded to third countries; data that translates into a greater participation of these countries in the global export of cured ham.</p> <p>Within the European Union, the main markets for Serrano ham continue to be France, which has seen the value of its exports increase by 10.73%, followed by Germany, which has decreased in exports by 4.80%; although both markets continue to show stability by continuing to account for 50% of the total exports of this product. For their part, the markets that have increased the value of their exports to a greater extent until the third quarter of 2022 have been Austria, by 32.77%; Italy, by 28.50%; and Portugal, by 26.43%. On the other hand, Sweden continues to stand out as it is the European market with the highest average price, with €14.08/kg, leading to an adjustment of 2.70%.</p> <p>On the other hand, the third countries that have reflected the most significant growth in terms of value have been Japan, at 119.94%, China, at 35.69%, and Mexico, at 31.50%. China, for its part, ranks as the market with the most attractive prices with €16.58/kg and perceives a 35.69% rise in exports; while Australia, <wbr />which has fallen by 7.55%, places its average price in this market at €10.47/kg, which represents an increase of 13.34% in relation to the same period of the previous year, when it was €9.23/kg.</p> <p>The United Kingdom, for its part, has seen its exports increase by 28.95%, after the recovery experienced after the period of uncertainty generated by Brexit and Covid. Thus, the price in this market is currently the second highest in the world, and during the first nine months of the year, it has stabilized at €14.89/kg.</p> <p>Regarding formats, 18.07% of the pieces exported in this period correspond to the bone-in format, which has led to a growth in terms of volume of 4.81% and 12.17% in value. Brazil and Mexico were the countries that have registered the greatest growth in terms of the value of exports<em>. </em>Finally, boneless ham rose 12.09% in volume and 16.13% in value, placing the United Kingdom and China as the consumers with the highest prices in relation to this format.</p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2022-12-20 04:51:19 | 2025-07-18 17:01:00 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 1535 | The Spanish shopping basket is considered competitive compared with other EU states. | <p>The latest Eurostat report shows that the Spanish shopping basket is 5% cheaper than the European average, only bread and cereals overpassing the average by 6%. Oil, meat, non-alcoholic beverages and fish have lower average prices than in the EU, while fruits, vegetables and potatoes are on average.<br />Prices differ a lot within the EU, with Denmark paying 42% more than the average and its price level is the highest, followed by Luxembourg (27% more), Ireland and Sweden (both 25% more), Finland (22%) and the Kingdom United (17%). At the opposite extreme are Bulgaria (48% below), Romania (52%) and Poland (56%).<br />Felipe Medina, director of the agrifood chain ASEDAS, believes that there are several reasons for the competitivity of the Spanish shopping basket. "The distribution chain is efficient, we only have to look at Italy, which usually has higher prices, silent nighttime discharge and the variety of products and prices is relevant, in fact, distributors in Spain have 500,000 products to choose from. they between 10,000 and 12,000 go to stores so you can look for the specific buyer profile. The Spaniards spend 100,000 million to eat, of which the third part of them are destined to eat out, a percentage that fell in the crisis", he said.<br />Spaniards are looking now for healthy, sustainable, easy-to-cook products and the boom is recorded in the prepared salads segment that already accounts for 60 million euros and grows at the rate of 12%.<br />Also, frozen products are registering a growth of 5.1%, especially salmon (13.2%), cod and blue whiting (11.1%) and hake and whiting (5%). Fish dishes (+ 37.3% in sales), or sushi (+ 12.5%) have become temporary substitutes for fresh fish. Not in vain, the prices of these have gone up with trout (16%), hake and whiting (9.9%), rooster and sole (7.4%) at the top. Cod and fresh salmon are the exceptions, which go down and increase sales, according to La Informacion magazine.<br />Fresh meat occupies the third place among the foods most consumed by the Spaniards. This is the main data for the meat sector of the Report on food consumption in Spain 2017 presented by Minister Luis Planas, reports <a href="https://carnica.cdecomunicacion.es/noticias/27732/los-espanoles-comen-42-6-kg-de-carne-fresca-al-ano-segun-el-informe-del-consumo-de-alimentacion-en-espana?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ponte-al-dia-de-las-noticias-mas-importantes-del-sector-carnico-durante-la-navidad">CdeComunicacio</a>n portal. The foods that suppose a greater volume of the total consumption are the vegetables, with a per capita consumption of 101.2 kg/person/year, followed by the fruit, consumed mainly at home, with 96.4 kg/person/year, and third, fresh meat, with 42.6 kg/ person/year.<br />The document indicates that the expenditure of the Spaniards in feeding ascended the past year to 102.584 million euros, with a rise of a 3.6% in front of 2015. The 80,4% corresponds to the purchase of foods and the remaining 19,6 % to cold and hot drinks.</p> | 1 | Retail | 2018-07-04 14:31:59 | 2025-07-19 13:57:46 | Details Edit Delete | |||
| 7315 | El Pozo Alimentacion receives the Spanish butchers team after making its sponsorship official | The Spanish team, made up of nine professionals specialized in meat handling, is preparing to participate in the World Butchers' Challenge in Paris in March 2025. | <p style="font-weight: 400;">El Pozo Alimentacion has become the official sponsor of the Spanish Butchers' Team, which is preparing to participate in the World Butchers' Challenge, which will be held in Paris in March 2025.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The Spanish team is made up of nine professionals from different provinces of Spain, specialists in cutting, quartering, boning, artisanal production and presentation, led by a manager and a coach with extensive experience in the trade.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Through this initiative, which is promoted by Cedecarne, the leading food company and integrated into Grupo Fuertes, it wants to give visibility to meat professionals and praise a traditional trade that is reinvented every day. Although some of them have participated in individual competitions, the World Butchers' Challenge is the first international championship they have attended as a team. Furthermore, it is the first time that Spain has representation in this competition, the most important butchery competition in the world, since the team has been one of the sixteen selected to compete.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The Marketing Director of El Pozo Alimentación, Pablo Olivares, states that "with this sponsorship we want to recognize, support and make visible the artisan trade of the butcher, as well as highlight the need for generational change that provides guarantees of continuity and future to the profession".</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">In Spain there are more than 58,000 butchery-charcuterie professionals, an artisan trade that has adapted to the times and the new consumer habits. The Selection will represent meat specialists in championships and exhibitions held around the world.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The Spanish butchers team is made up of the coach, Bruno Casal; the coach, José Luis Collazos; and the master butchers specializing in cutting, quartering, boning, artisanal production and presentation, Javier Caballero, Alberto Ederra, Toni Guillaumet, Daniel Herrero, Ana París, Raúl Pérez, José Luis Rodríguez, Raquel Vañó and Javier Vaqueiro.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The group has just visited the headquarters of the El Pozo Alimentación facilities in Alhama de Murcia where, in addition to learning about the production process of the company CPC (Comprehensive Process Control), which guarantees traceability, they have been able to talk with part of the company's staff, who have already received them as true champions.</p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-04-19 00:15:35 | 2025-07-19 22:36:48 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 6152 | INTERPORC achieves its second Guinness World Record | The Spanish white layer pork Interprofessional (INTERPORC) has achieved its second Guinness Record with the elaboration of the largest number in the world made with photographs taken with the help of the thousands of citizens who have participated in the action. | <p>This is the number 415,000, which represents the number of people who work in the Spanish pig sector and which has been trained at an event held in Madrid, with a total of 6,300 photos taken in recent months.</p> <p>The INTERPORC mobile unit toured different cities in Spain last year to bring society closer to the reality of the white layer pig sector. A photo booth allowed the people who participated in the campaign to be photographed, so these photos are the ones that have now served to break this Guinness record, with dimensions of 8.20m x 1.50m.</p> <p>The previous record of these characteristics managed to gather 5,867 photographs, so that the one obtained by INTERPORC has clearly exceeded that figure, with a total of 6,300. The record has been certified with the presence of Anouk de Timary, adjudicator of Guinness World Records Limited , who has congratulated the pig sector in Spain for its ability to mobilize. An expert in inventory auditing and a witness specialized in photography also attended the event.</p> <p>This is the second Guinness World Records obtained by INTERPORC for the second consecutive year, after the achievement in 2022 of the largest mural of origami pigs in the world, also thanks to the collaboration of thousands of people who were encouraged to build paper pigs with the origami technique.</p> <p>The triple sustainability of Spanish pigs</p> <p>Before the award was delivered, a colloquium was held on the Spanish white-coated pig sector, which is the engine of the economy and generates more than 415,000 jobs. Their contribution to the economic and social development of a good part of the rural areas of the country was discussed, as well as their commitment to triple sustainability.</p> <p>The deputy director general of Food Quality Control and Agri-food Laboratories of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA), Javier Maté Caballero, has participated and has stressed that the sector "is part of our culture and our heritage, which we transmit to the following generations, and that also generates wealth”.</p> <p>For his part, Alberto Herranz, director of INTERPORC, has emphasized that in addition to those 415,000 jobs created, "42% of direct employment in the pig sector is female." He also recalled that Spain is the leading European producer of pork meat and the third worldwide, as well as the second exporter: "We export more than 3 million tons of meat, worth more than 7,700 million euros, which generates employment for talented, young and with gender equality”.</p> <p>From an environmental point of view, Herranz added that "greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have been reduced by 40% for each kilo of meat and the use of water has decreased by 30%".</p> <p>In this sense, INTERPORC's International Director, Daniel de Miguel, stressed that “the pig sector is sustainable from an economic, social and environmental point of view. Economically, because we are a power in production and exports with a positive trade balance of 7,400 million euros. In the social area, because we generate 415,000 direct, indirect and induced jobs, thus giving life and a future to the rural environment. And environmental, because we are aligned with the European Green Pact and with the goal of achieving neutral climate impact by 2050”.</p> | 1 | Events | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-02-18 11:28:27 | 2025-07-19 23:55:25 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 289 | The Spanish white pork meat exports grew by 16.5% in 2016 | The Spanish white pork meat exports reached 2,079,000 tons in volume in 2016 (without live animals) and in terms of value 4,503 million euros, up by 16.5% compared to 2015, while the foreign trade balance was 3,946 million euros and it represented one of the Spanish sectors with the highest positive trade balance, strengthening Spain's economy, according to the Inter-professional Agri-Food Organization for White Pork, Interporc, present at this year's edition of Anuga, the world's largest food trade fair. | <p>According to Interporc, the Spanish white pork meat sector is the fourth largest exporter of pork in the world, behind Germany, the USA, and The Netherlands, but ahead other remarkable exporters like Denmark, Canada, Brazil, China, Chile or Mexico.</p> <p>In 2016, the sector exported to 130 different countries throughout the world.</p> <p>By product, the Spanish pork sector mainly exports meat and offal of pigs, which represents 73% of all exports, and hams, sausages and other processed meat, which account for 20% of the total exports. The foreign sales of live animals accounted for 4.5% of the exports, while the fats, bacon and butter segment was 1.7% of the exports.</p> <p><img src="/files/pictures/article/interporc%20data.png?1507818945599" alt="interporc data" /></p> <p>The white pork meat sector represents 14% of Spain's total agricultural production and 37% of the final livestock production, with 3.9 million tons produced every year. Furthermore, this sector also represents 14% of Spain's industrial GDP and it reports a turnover of 7,500 million of fresh production only and 5,500 million of turnover for processed pork meat products.</p> <p>Interporc is carrying out International Promotion Plan with actions in the main markets of destination in the world by the volume of their imports, the evolution of their international purchases growth or their strategic interest for some products.</p> <p>"Thus, in 2017 we are actively working in countries like China, Japan, South Korea, The Philippines, Taiwan, Mexico, France, Germany and the UK, among others," Interporc's statement read.</p> <p>"With this actions the Inter-professional contributes to achieve a higher presence of our companies in the world, spreading the information about the quality of the white pork meat, its nutritional and healthy properties and their variety, and also remarking important aspects like the sustainability of the strict Spanish production system, its respect for the animal welfare, its high grade of innovation and its supply capacity."</p> <p>Interporc, the Inter-professional Agri-Food Organization for White Pork, is a non-profit entity that represents the entire Spanish white pork sector, including its production, industrial processing, and marketing. It is the most important Inter-professional organization of the meat sector given the volume of the pork production in Spain.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2017-10-12 16:51:06 | 2025-07-19 15:33:29 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 6628 | Spanish white pork sector: working to protect the environment | The Spanish white pork sector embodies “modern livestock handling”: professionalized, innovative, respectful of the sensitivity and needs of the animals, and focused on caring for the environment and reducing environmental impact. | <p>To this end, few sectors have made as many efforts as the white pork sector, having reduced greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) per each kilo of meat by 57% and nitrogen emissions by 50% per animal in the last 30 years.</p> <p>It should be noted that, despite occupying a significant percentage of the territory and generating an activity with many production centers (66,000 farms) and 415,000 jobs, our weight over the national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as a whole it is barely 2.43%.</p> <p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/files/pictures/article/Captura_1.jpg?1690789037487" alt="Captura_1" width="400" /></p> <p>All these data show (during a period of great growth in sectoral production) that thanks to the optimization of livestock feeding, genetic and management systems and the application of the best available livestock management practices, the sector has increased enormously its productive efficiency. In addition, thanks to the continuous improvement in these areas and new best practices and technologies for the reduction, capture and reuse of methane, everything allows us to foresee that in a period of 10 years (Horizon 2030) the sector will have reduced to practically zero its &quot;net environmental pollution”.</p> <p>Additionally, currently the Spanish white pork sector works in numerous projects, both in research and implementation of renewable energy systems, from different technologies, such as: solar panels and panels thermal or photovoltaic, geothermal energy, wind energy and energy from biomass or biogas from manure.</p> <p>From the Spanish Inter-professional Agri-Food Organization for White Pork (INTERPORC) we are part of the Spanish UN Global Compact, supporting all its activities and actively working on fourteen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in order to help transformation of our world into a more sustainable one by 2030.</p> <p>On our website, in order to help farms meet these objectives, a <strong><a href="https://interporc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Guia-para-la-minimizacion-de-las-emisiones-gases-granjas-Noviembre20.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Guide for the minimization of gas emissions in pig farms"</a></strong> is available online through in Spanish.</p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-07-31 07:30:31 | 2025-07-20 00:01:45 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 6035 | Comprehensive Sustainability of Spanish White Pork | The Spanish white pork sector has always been at the vanguard of trends and is well aware that its existence depends on its sustainability. For this reason, it has spent years working on this concept until it has become its essence, the strategic pillar of its activity. | <p>Consequently, from the Spanish Inter-professional Agri-Food Organization for White Pork(INTERPORC), as a non-profit entity made up of all sectors of the white pork value chain (production, transformation and commercialization), we carry out actions in 14 of the Sustainable Development Goals that we have incorporated into our Strategic Plan in order to develop activities aimed at promoting the implementation in the Spanish white pork sector of policies and commitments to support a "Comprehensive Sustainability" and a "Development Sustainable Sector”.</p> <p>From an economic point of view, it has a powerful primary and industrial structure that has led it to be the leading European producer of pork and the second largest exporter in the world, generating wealth and employment at a national level.</p> <p>From an environmental point of view, few sectors have made as many efforts as the white pork sector, having reduced nitrogen emissions by 50% per animal in the last 30 years.</p> <p>From the social point of view, it is an important backbone that generates employment in small towns and that fights against the depopulation of rural areas, proving to be a sector capable of generating wealth, fixing population and fighting against gender inequality.</p> <p>In conclusion, the sector promotes a sustainable production model that guarantees care, protection and respect for the environment, the care and welfare of livestock at all stages, the implementation of good practices on farms and throughout the value of chain, and food safety thanks to the traceability system from Farm to Fork.</p> | 1 | Industry | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-01-19 04:14:52 | 2025-07-19 05:50:57 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 6202 | Spanish White Pork Sector: Decent work and economic growth | The Spanish white pork sector has very numerous, very professional and highly qualified human resources; with extensive experience in multiple types of activities and management systems in all types of geographical areas. | <p>From the Spanish Inter-professional Agri-Food Organization for White Pork (INTERPORC), as a non-profit entity made up of all sectors of the white pork value chain (production, transformation and commercialization), we can say that the white pork sector is committed with SDG 8 (Decent work and economic growth). <br />This is precisely demonstrated by the number of employees the sector has: more than 415.000 people, including direct, indirect and induced jobs.<br />Thanks to its high degree of implantation in the rural environment, the sector is a backbone of the territory, fixes population and improves the quality of life of thousands of towns. In fact, 43% of Spanish pork farms, 45% of pork industries and 75% of the Spanish pork census are located in rural areas (populations of <5000 inhabitants). <br />This demonstrates the importance of a sector that has an extensive experience and specialization in the generation of activity and employment in rural areas.<br />From an economic point of view, it is a growth engine for the Spanish economy: represents 17.5% of final agricultural production and 42.7% of final livestock production, 17.22% of industrial GDP and represented 18.500 million euros of annual turnover. In addition, it generates €7.719.000 million thanks to pork exports.</p> <p>Consequently, the pork sector is in a position to provide real, effective and practical support in the application of the different strategies designed to evolve towards a new "Food System Model" based on a powerful, sustainable rural environment that generates employment and effective in the fight against depopulation within the framework of the commitments of the European Green Deal.</p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-03-02 03:11:38 | 2025-07-19 19:41:28 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 5578 | IAWS: Animal welfare beyond the law | The Spanish white pork sector is at the vanguard of the world in terms of animal welfare. It is a very serious statement, but perfectly supported by the facts and data. | <p> </p> <p>It is well known that in Spain the European production model is followed, which is one of the most reliable in the world. But, in addition, we have taken a step forward by demanding a little more of ourselves with the creation of the “Welfare Commitment Certified” seal, whose IAWS (INTERPORC Animal Welfare Spain) Animal welfare and Biosecurity Technical Regulation is the most advanced in the world.</p> <p>The seal has become a perfect endorsement of the will of pork companies to achieve excellence in animal welfare, something that is demonstrated with two details.</p> <p>Firstly, although it is voluntary, in its first three years of existence, more than 60% of the production of white pork has already been certified, which shows the will of the sector in this matter. In addition, the seal is available to millions of consumers through some of the biggest<br />retail companies in Spain such as Alcampo (Auchan), El Corte Inglés, Carrefour or Aldi, among others.</p> <p>Secondly, the demanding IAWS Technical Regulation leads pork companies to anticipate the requirements established by law. Actually, a good example of this is the forthcoming approval of the Royal Decree on Video Surveillance in Slaughterhouses.</p> <p>By the time the law has come to regulate this practice, the pork companies that have the "Welfare Commitment Certified" seal have long since incorporated a closed-circuit television (CCTV) system in the areas in which live animals are housed.</p> <p>Undoubtedly, the latter is a great example that the first one to make demands on itself is the sector itself, which at all times is trying to anticipate the demands of consumers and the law, something that clearly places the Spanish white pork sector at the vanguard of the world in terms of animal welfare.</p> <p>For further information, please check our website:<br /><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.bienestaranimalcertificado.com/animal-welfare-certified/">https://www.bienestaranimalcertificado.com/animal-welfare-certified/</a></span></strong></p> | 1 | Industry | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2022-07-18 04:45:43 | 2025-07-19 19:03:16 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 4722 | IAWS: Continuous Improvement Tool | The Spanish white pork sector seeks to continuously improve in all those advances that are required from the Green Deal. | <p>Companies in the Spanish white pork sector have been progressing and improving for years in providing better living conditions for animals through a profound transformation of farms: limiting the maximum size, generating optimal conditions of space, food, rest and development, and establishing specific biosecurity plans.<br />In this sense, animal welfare labeling and certification systems are proliferating in Europe. Some remain in the field of the farm, without considering transport or what happens in the slaughterhouse, others incorporate food safety or biosecurity, but no regulation is as complete as the one we are now addressing, the Animal Welfare and Biosafety Technical Regulation, Interporc Animal Welfare Spain (IAWS) and its corresponding certification seal: 'Welfare Commitment Certified'.<br />The Technical Regulation has been prepared by experts from the production and industry of the sector,and is evaluated by a Scientific Committee of high-level experts in animal welfare, responsible for the application of changes and improvements which definesit as adynamic and constantly evolving certification.<br />Compliance with the requirements makes the operators comply with the legal requirements of national and European regulations, as well as others that go further, which is an extra requirement and allows continuous progress in those areas of the certification.<br />The system establishes that all the requirements are met in order to obtain the certificate, so those operators that cannot comply with any of them must present and comply with corrective actions. This leads to a continuous improvement of the deficiencies that these operators previously presented, making them progress and improve their facilities and procedures.<br />With this Regulation and certification seal that the sector itself imposes, the Spanish white pork sector seeks to continuously improve in all those advances that are required from the Green Deal, and continue with its place as an international leader of what is known as 'modern livestock': professionalized, innovative, respectful of the sensitivity and needs of animals and focused on reducing environmental impact and caring for the environment. Furthermore, INTERPORC has developed an Independent Dialogue to communicate to the “UN Food Systems Summit Dialogues” the decisive role of the livestock-meat production: https://summitdialogues.org/es/dialogue/13544/<br />For further information, please check our website: https://www.bienestaranimalcertificado.com/animal-welfare-certified/</p> <p> </p> | 1 | Industry | 2021-06-02 08:59:04 | 2025-07-19 12:07:46 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 6318 | The Spanish white-coated pork products are available to more than 4 billion people | The Spanish white-coated pork products are available to approximately 4,000 million people, half of the total world population, according to calculations made by the White-Coated Pork Interprofessional (INTERPORC), based on the population of the countries to which it is exported and its relationship with the consumption of pork products. | <p><span lang="DE">This is a very significant figure that demonstrates the export success of the Spanish white-coated pig </span><span lang="DE">sector , which is present in countries in all parts of the world with very diverse populations and with different conditions regarding their diet.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Spain is, since 2021, the second world exporter of pork meat and products, only behind the United States, with close to 3 million tons and a value of more than 8,000 million euros.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In total, Spanish pork meat and products are present in 111 markets, to which must be added the countries of the European Union, which shows, according to Alberto Herranz, director of INTERPORC, "the confidence of the authorities of all these countries in the quality and guarantee of traceability and food safety that our products offer thanks to our production model, the most guaranteed in the world in these matters".</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In this sense, Herranz explains that "Spanish pork companies have earned this trust by working hard and well over the last two decades, which has allowed them to establish solid commercial relationships with distributors from all regions of the world".</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Internationalization, adds Herranz, "has made the sector very competitive, which has gradually adapted to the demands of consumers around the world and has made a strong commitment to aspects such as professionalism, innovation and research, to always be one step ahead in the demands of the markets and the consumer".</span></p> | 1 | Retail | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-04-07 00:30:55 | 2025-07-19 18:10:24 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 3678 | NPPC worries about the COVID-19 disruptive impact on farms | The specter of market-ready hogs with nowhere to go is a nightmare for every pork producer, said NPPC President Howard Roth. | <p>The impact of coronavirus outbreak in the US labor force market is a major concern for the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC), who urged the US government officials to come out with a solution for any disruption created in the supply chain. In a letter to the president and other administration officials, members of Congress, and state governors, NPPC called for expedited solutions addressing the need for more workers on hog farms and in pork plants. It also called on federal, state and local governments to work together to develop a response to COVID-19 that protects public health and, whenever possible, supports animal care and minimizes disruptions to the U.S. pork production supply chain and consumers. NPPC also called on the administration to develop support plans for hog farmers if labor-related bottlenecks in the supply chain prevent hogs from being marketed.<br />"School closures preventing parents from going to work and caring for their animals are already a concern in farm and plant communities. The specter of market-ready hogs with nowhere to go is a nightmare for every pork producer in the nation. It would result in severe economic fallout in rural communities and a major animal welfare challenge," said NPPC President Howard Roth.<br />Currently, the US pork industry relies on foreign labor and needs a stable workforce. Even without the additional challenge presented by COVID-19, the labor shortage threatens to increase production costs and food prices for consumers. Existing visa programs are designed for seasonal agriculture, and reform is needed to address the animal care and other requirements of year-round livestock agriculture, considers the Council.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2020-03-11 08:31:42 | 2025-07-19 12:17:14 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 3100 | Pork prices in Mexico are increasing | The spike is driven by higher prices in the main supply market, such as the US, Europe and Canada and low production of corn. | <p>China's increased demand for pork due to the ASF situation and lower corn harvests in the US are triggering an increase in prices of pork and poultry in the Mexican market. The first effect was seen in the pork market, where prices are starting to go higher after the main suppliers have adapted their offer to the situation in China.<br />Mexico is importing almost 40% of its pork consumption and prices in the domestic market have started to increase since April, when a hike in the prices of imported pork from the US and Canada has been observed.<br />"From April to May the price of imported pork from the US and Canada increased 12.8% and 8.1% respectively, due mainly to African Swine Fever (ASF) in China.</p> <p>The increases derive from the rise that began to register since the beginning of March the futures of the pig before the possibility that China loses 25% of its production because of the ASF. The Asian country produces half of the pig worldwide.</p> <p>On April 16, pork futures for delivery in August, without considering other costs (ie: logistics costs, insurance and other expenses), reached their highest level since October 2014 and 33 percent higher than on the same date of 2018. Since May pork futures have fallen because of the rise of corn, as it is making more expensive the production of pork and other animal proteins. But they will rise again once there is less domestic production and once China runs out of inventories, which we estimate will happen around August", commented Fernando Ortiz, Genesus Ibero-America Business Development Manager.<br />Until May, Mexico has maintained retaliatory duties on the US pork up to 20%, which opened the way for more Canadian and European pork imports in the country. Still, pork prices have increased also in these markets and, if China is to lose more than 25% of its swine inventory this year, increased demand from Asia can also lead to a spike in prices for poultry and beef as alternative proteins to substitute the lack of pork in the global market.</p> | 1 | Market | 2019-07-15 08:09:52 | 2025-07-19 04:53:34 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 4383 | NZ still concerned about Brexit | <p>Access for New Zealand's red meat exports in the UK and EU remains an issue for the industry, according to a press release from Beef+Lamb New Zealand. Beef + Lamb New Zealand CEO Sam McIvor welcomed the announcement that the UK and the EU have reached agreement on their future relationship, but says the split quotas would have been a concern regardless of whether the UK left the EU with or without a Brexit deal.<br />“We know this has been a really difficult process for the UK and EU and we acknowledge that some steps are needed before it is formalised. We welcome the certainty the agreement brings in minimising border disruptions, which would have made it more challenging to get our product into the UK market. However, it’s hugely disappointing that the EU and UK have agreed to a trade deal between them, but have chosen to compromise New Zealand’s access in the process. This choice sends completely the wrong signal about their commitment to the global rules-based trading system and to trade liberalisation and leadership.<br />The New Zealand Government, along with B+LNZ, the New Zealand Meat Board and the Meat Industry Association, have voiced strong objections over the last four years regarding the EU and UK’s decision to split the quotas. Outside of Brexit, both the EU and UK have said that they want to negotiate ambitious and modern new trade deals with us. The quota split flies in the face of that claim and leaves us on the back foot before we even get to the negotiating table,” he declared</p> <p>Meat Industry Association Chief Executive Sirma Karapeeva says in addition to raising concerns about the split quota, the industry had been preparing for all Brexit outcomes. “The Brexit process has not been easy and we welcome the certainty of an agreed deal. MIA has been working with B+LNZ, the New Zealand Meat Board and New Zealand Government agencies to minimise any possible disruption for New Zealand exporters. Our strong concern is that the quota split erodes the quality and quantity of our market access into these high-value markets. It represents a major step back from the trade liberalisation positions claimed by both the EU and UK, and undermines their WTO commitments and their legally binding obligations. The New Zealand Government must resist this move. It removes our market access rights and ability to respond to commercial opportunities. Now that Brexit has been resolved, we expect to see the UK and EU taking urgent steps to live up to their word that New Zealand is not left worse off as a result of the Brexit process. While we understand the UK and EU have been grappling with a range of serious issues, we urge them both to seek to minimise the impact of their choices on a trusted and longstanding trading and political partner,” she said.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2020-12-29 10:55:59 | 2025-07-19 01:02:16 | Details Edit Delete | |||
| 8300 | FAO: The spread of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza calls for stepped up action | The spread of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza, bringing losses of hundreds of millions of poultry worldwide with increased spillover into mammals, highlights the urgent need for strengthened biosecurity, monitoring and surveillance, rapid-response mechanisms, and risk communication to safeguard the poultry sector and protect livelihoods and economies. | <p style="font-weight: 400;">FAO Deputy Director-General Godfrey Magwenzi described the spread of the disease as unprecedented, "leading to serious impacts on food security and food supply in countries, including loss of valuable nutrition, rural jobs and income, shocks to local economies, and of course increasing costs to consumers". </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Among the complex challenges avian influenza poses are how to protect poultry production systems to ensure food security and the nutrition of the millions who rely on poultry for meat and eggs. Additional challenges revolve around safeguarding biodiversity, livelihoods and safe trade, and preventing social impacts, most often borne by poultry farmers, Magwenzi said. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Coordinated response needed</strong></p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol emphasized that this is a transboundary issue requiring a global, coordinated response. "'FAO has been on the front lines of tackling this virus for over 20 years – supporting governments in detecting, preventing, and responding to outbreaks", she said. To strengthen these efforts, FAO and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) have launched a ten-year Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Bechdol highlighted FAO’s role in combating avian influenza and other potential pandemic threats, underscoring the importance of strong veterinary and animal health system capacity in every country. “A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. By working together, we can reduce the impact of avian influenza and protect both animal and human health – locally and globally,” she said. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The last four years have seen a major shift in avian influenza in terms of geographical spread, with increased spillover to mammals and massive losses in domestic birds, impacting food security and driving up prices for poultry products, the Members were told. Large numbers of wild birds have succumbed to the disease, harming biodiversity with at least 300 newly affected wild bird species since 2021.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">FAO called on countries to take several measures to address the global avian influenza challenge: </p> <ul style="font-weight: 400;"> <li>Enhance surveillance and reporting</li> <li>Improve laboratory capacity</li> <li>Develop and implement preparedness plans and plan for business continuity</li> <li>Promote risk management through biosecurity</li> <li>Consider a potential role for vaccination in risk mitigation</li> <li>Strengthen outbreak response</li> <li>Foster regional and international cooperation</li> <li>Raise awareness</li> </ul> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Bechdol said "FAO remains fully committed to global monitoring, sharing information, and providing guidance and tools to support all our Member countries tackle this serious threat". She also emphasized that partnership with the private sector is vital. She described the sector as the key stakeholders in HPAI prevention and control, playing a crucial role in ensuring safe and responsible value chains, developing new technologies for vaccines and diagnostics, and providing good quality animal health services.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Funding proposals call</strong></p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The meeting also included a third call for funding proposals for initiatives to be undertaken by the Pandemic Fund, hosted by the World Bank, with which FAO has co-led dozens of projects in the last two years.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Pandemic Fund projects aim to improve disease surveillance, develop early warning systems, strengthen health infrastructure, and promote cooperation across human, animal, plant and environmental health sectors. The Fund aims to attract additional resources, incentivize increased investments from countries, enhance coordination among partners, and serve as a platform for advocacy.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Among the other participants in the session were Permanent Representatives from Indonesia and Senegal and representatives from the International Poultry Council, the World Egg Organization and Health for Animals.</p> | 1 | Industry | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2025-03-24 00:05:28 | 2025-07-19 23:37:08 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 2077 | ASF, the nightmare of the pork sector | The spreading of the disease through Europe and Asia seems unstoppable at this moment and it could be a game changer in global trade. | <p>There are ten years since African Swine Fever is present at the borders of the EU and China, more precisely in Russia. However, there are certain reasons that point out different evolutions of the disease in each region affected by the outbreaks.</p> <p>Russia has the advantage of land distances between farms and that helped to stop the spreading of the virus at a fast pace. “Russia has tried to stop it and has made an excellent effort but so far has not been successful. Without a doubt in Russia and now Europe, humans and back yard production have been a major reason for the spread of ASF. Russia has land and strict biosecurity systems and protocols”, Jim Long, President and CEO of Genesus, compares the situation.</p> <p>However, it was Russia that stood at the origin of the spreading of the virus and the current development in Europe, where countries such as Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Belgium are already experiencing losses due to multiple outbreaks, biosecurity measures and banned exports. </p> <p><strong>Different approaches </strong></p> <p>Even if quarantine, restricted transportation and culling the animals infested are the main measures adopted by authorities in the countries affected by ASF outbreaks, differences are also visible. <br />Russia has appealed to systematic hunt of wild boars for several years to reduce the risk of spreading the disease through the whole country. A similar measure is in discussion in Poland but that came out after 4 years of fight against ASF outbreaks that already count more than 200 cases. In the whole EU block, new measures have been imposed this summer for the member<br />states affected by the disease regarding pig farming, especially for outdoor farms systems, and for wild boar population. The<br />EU legislation regarding the affected areas is fully in line with the OIE international standards. Nevertheless, in order to ensure<br />a higher level of animal health protection, the EU goes beyond the OIE requirements and applies stricter standards. In the<br />current application of regionalisation in Lithuania, Poland and Latvia, for example, no pigs, their semen, embryos or ova are<br />allowed to be moved from the infected area.<br />At the same time, all Member States are asked to respect a new set of guidelines in the matter of biosecurity until 2021, when it will be revised, which indicates that the disease is expected to stay for quite a long period in this part of the world.</p> <p><strong>The Chinese blockade</strong></p> <p>20 outbreaks have been reported in less than 45 days in China and, besides culling thousands of pigs, the authorities have decided to institute restrictions on animal transportation not only in the seven provinces where the cases have been reported<br />but also in other 11 provinces adjacent to those.<br />These growing and more frequent reports are affecting producer’s actions and also market conditions. We are being told that many farms are locking down and not allowing their people out nor outside people in. Bio-security has long been a challenge in China and now owners and managers are taking unprecedented steps to protect their facilities from contracting this devastating disease. <br />Who knows how long farm workers will be content under these lockdown conditions, but many farms are now providing housing, cafeteria, laundry and even barbershop services for their workers. Many farms are becoming almost like small communities<br />with all the comforts of home and even recreational facilities. So they may be able to withstand these conditions for some time.<br />However, local markets are reported to be very volatile as no pigs can ship to a native province from any of the provinces infected<br />with ASF. Nor can pigs be transported from the province of the neighbour of the infected province. That had caused a big variance on hog price from the province to province», reported Lyle Jones, Genesus Director of Sales in China, at the end of September.<br />During the next few months, China could be confronted with a supply gap of 2 million to 3 million tonnes of pork, according to<br />a Rabobank analysis and based on the known facts reported by Chinese authorities. The worst-case scenario China hosts more than 400 million pigs and that represents 55% of the global herd. Of those animals, the backyard pigs are a major part of China’s production - maybe 6-10 million sows, a fact that raises concern over the capability of containing the disease in the areas where it was reported.<br />One of the worst-case scenarios comes from a North-American group of analysts and it could be the „wake up call” for the global industry.</p> <p>Allan Bentley, a Genesus Sales representative for North America, is skeptical regarding the number of outbreaks reported by Chinese authorities by now and, considering the high density of pig farms in the country, that could really be bad news.<br />“After the first case was reported, I surmised there would be more cases reported very quickly. I believe China has reported 18 cases, so if they are<br />admitting to that I would guess it is closer to 180 cases. These cases are spread over a 2,000 km area and millions of swine in between each unit that reported an outbreak. The dense population of swine in China leads me<br />to the conclusion they will never get rid of this disease,” explains<br />Bentley.<br />At the same time, an uncontained spreading of the virus in South Asia could have effects on the global pig market and even reconsider the position of Beijing regarding the trade dispute with the US. “We all know the numbers involved with China’s hog production and their appetite for pork. If they want to feed their people, I would think they would want to get the trade<br />dispute with President Trump resolved quickly,” added Allan Bentley.<br />His opinion is also shared by Dr RC Ebert, Pleasant Hill Animal Clinic. “Can China and the other SE Asia countries control ASF? Their biosecurity is questionable. What effects will a decline in their production have on our markets? These and other questions remain to a be seen,” said the veterinarian.</p> <p><strong>Spaniards are terrified</strong></p> <p>The Belgium cases of ASF discovered in wild boar population has put Spain in the state of alert even if there are almost 1,000<br />km between the two countries. Recently, UPA, the Spanish Union of Small Farmers, has urged the government to adopt five stricter measures in its strategy against ASF entering the country.<br />As rumours about new cases reported in Italy have appeared, the agrarian organization has asked the Ministry of Agriculture to take five measures against swine fever, starting by banning the entry of wild boars in Spain. “It is unheard of animals being imported when, precisely, the last outbreaks of this disease have been detected in these animals that, paradoxically, are growing<br />in numbers uncontrollably until they become a pest in many rural areas of Spain,” complains UPA through the voice of its livestock<br />secretary, Roman Santalla.<br />Other four measures are seen as necessary to be adopted urgent, as mentioned in the letter sent to the Secretary-General of the<br />Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Fernando Miranda. One of those, the control of piglets imports, has already been<br />applied in Catalonia and UPA believes that it should be extended through all the provinces of Spain. The organization has<br />also requested that all biosafety measures be extended to vehicles involved in the transport of animals, “as it is known that it is<br />one of the most frequent routes for the spread of diseases in livestock,” they have assured from UPA.<br />Fourth, the farmers have proposed that the Ministry create a Coordination Table with the Autonomous Communities and the entire sector. “The goal has to be to point out and share all the news and actions related to African swine fever,” said Santalla.<br />Finally, UPA proposes that the breeders should maximize each and every one of the measures of biosecurity in the farms, in order to avoid a possible external contagion.</p> <p>Recently, the disease has begun to expand alarmingly acrossEurope, with the latest cases (unconfirmed yet) appearing in Italy. Spain has been confronted with ASF outbreaks almost 30 years ago and the losses for the sector were significant.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-10-22 06:59:21 | 2025-07-19 04:14:45 | Details Edit Delete |
