McLean County Farm Bureau

U.S. AND CANADA DEVELOP TRADE PROTOCOL AS ASF SPREADS –

As African swine fever (ASF) continues to spread and reemerge in countries overseas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced March 16 that they have developed a protocol to help ensure bilateral trade will continue if ASF is detected in feral swine in either country, while still absent from domestic swine. (Feedstuffs)