Vietnam agrees to zoning arrangement with Canada allowing safe trade in the event of an ASF outbreak

Two projects aimed at ASF and PED prevention and control will protect animal health and ensure the international competitiveness of the Manitoba pork industry.

An investment of more than $4.6 million will go to three projects to grow the pork industry and to help farms face the threat of ASF.

Over 230,000 pigs have been sacrificed this year due to African swine fever outbreaks in Vietnam.

The tariff reductions will give U.S. corn, wheat and pork producers greater access to the Vietnamese market.

This is part of the government's efforts to support the sector’s growth and strengthen the food supply chain.

Here's how Vietnam's pig inventory, pork production, and pork imports are looking so far this year.

Now that slaughterhouses are recovering from backlogs due to COVID-19, what will next year have in store for Canada's swine industry?

This arrangement would serve to minimize trade impacts to the Canadian swine sector while protecting the swine populations in both countries.

The Argentine National Agrifood Health and Quality Service (Senasa) conducted the sanitary controls and authorized the importation of the first shipment of breeding pigs from Canada.

USDA and CFIA establish a protocol to minimize trade disruptions in the event of an ASF detection in feral swine.