Denmark runs test alert on ASF
"No one in my ministry, Danish agriculture, in the slaughterhouses or in the follow-up professions is in doubt that it will be an animal welfare and economic disaster if we get African swine fever to Denmark," said Danish environment and food minister Jakob Ellemann-Jensen before running a test on how the industry and authorities are prepared to respond to such a crisis.
The exercise lasts four days and will involve the Ministry of the Environment and Food, the police, the Emergency Management Agency and several representatives from the industry.
African swine fever has been found in several countries close to Denmark, among other things. Belgium, Poland, the Baltic States and Romania.
If African swine fever hits Denmark, all pig exports to third countries are expected to close for a period. Within the EU, trade can continue from those areas that are not subject to restrictions due to the outbreak. Thus, the costs of the authorities' handling of the infection and the industry's lost export revenues will be at least DKK 2.5 billion (€335 million) and risk running up to DKK 11 billion (€ 1.4 billion), estimates the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration.
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