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Tag Archives African swine fever


Spain is the European Union’s leading pork producer, accounting for a quarter of the bloc’s output and with annual exports worth about 3.5 billion euros (C$5.65 billion). Photo: Geralyn Wichers
Livestock, News, Reuters

Spain detects first swine fever cases outside initial Barcelona outbreak zone

By Reuters February 13, 2026
Reading Time: < 1 minute Two African swine fever cases have been detected in Spain among wild boar for the first time outside an original outbreak area near Barcelona, prompting additional restrictions on the movement of people and livestock, regional authorities in Catalonia said on Friday.

Canada exported about $279 million worth of pork and pork products to the Philippines last year according to federal statistics. Photo: Geralyn Wichers
News, Reuters

Pork imports to drop after 2026 as Philippines ramps up hog repopulation drive

By Reuters December 19, 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Philippines’ agriculture ministry expects pork imports to drop five per cent in 2027 and by another five per cent in 2028 as it ramps up efforts to restore pig stocks to pre-African swine fever (ASF) levels, a senior official said on Friday.


Canada has yet to see a case of ASF, however the virus has devastated hog barns in China and other Asian nations. Photo: Miguel Perfectti/GettyImages
Livestock, News

Canada, Philippines make African swine fever zoning agreement

By Geralyn Wichers December 18, 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada and the Philippines have signed an African swine fever (ASF) zoning arrangement, a measure that should ensure trade can continue between the countries during outbreak of the disease.

African swine fever can spread through contaminated feed or feed ingredients. Photo: Dave Bedard
Livestock, News

CFIA adds controls for imports of Spanish feed ingredients after African swine fever outbreak

By Jeff Melchior December 12, 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has added Spain to a list of countries subject to feed import controls due to an outbreak of African swine fever in that country.


Spain probes whether swine fever outbreak was caused by lab leak
Hogs, Livestock

Spain probes whether swine fever outbreak was caused by lab leak

By Reuters December 5, 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutes A research centre outside Barcelona will be investigated after Spain’s Agriculture Ministry said a recent swine fever outbreak could have been caused by a laboratory leak.

Photo: Geralyn Wichers
Livestock, Reuters

EU vets in Barcelona for swine fever outbreak as cases rise to nine

By Emma Pinedo, Jesus Calero, Reuters December 2, 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutes A task force of EU vets specializing in epidemics began work in Barcelona on Tuesday to help contain an African swine fever outbreak as Spain said the number of wild boars found infected with the virus rose to nine.


Forward contracting for hogs was suspended when the current tariff crisis began to emerge, and industry leaders aren’t sure when it might resume. 
PHOTO: FILE
Hogs, Livestock, News, Reuters

Spain deploys military to contain African swine fever near Barcelona

By Reuters December 1, 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutes Spain has called in its military to help contain an outbreak of African swine fever near Barcelona, a move aimed at protecting the country’s multi-billion-euro pork export industry.

Photo: Geralyn Wichers
Livestock, Reuters

Spain reports first swine fever case in three decades, jeopardizing exports to China

By Gus Trompiz, Jesus Calero, Reuters November 28, 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutes African swine fever has returned to Spain for the first time in three decades after two wild boar found dead near Barcelona tested positive for the virus.


South Korea’s Agriculture Ministry issues ‘standstill’ order for pig farms to curb outbreak. Photo: Geralyn Wichers
Livestock, Reuters

South Korea raises African Swine Fever alert after outbreak at pig farm

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By Joyce Lee, Reuters November 25, 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minute South Korea said on Tuesday there had been an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) at a pig farm in the country’s largest pig-breeding region, prompting authorities to raise the national alert level to “serious”.

Photo: Patrick Hatt/iStock/Getty Images
Livestock, News

African swine fever risk tightens feed ingredient trade rules with Taiwan

By Jeff Melchior November 3, 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minute Plant-based ingredients bound for Canadian livestock feed will have stricter trade rules if the shipments come from Taiwan, following Canadian Food Inspection Agency changes


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