Order of the Ministry of agrarian policy and food of Ukraine from 07.03.2017 of No. 111 "About approval of the Instruction on the prevention and control of African swine fever" was registered in Ministry of justice of Ukraine from March 29, 2017 number 432/30300.

As noted by the Director of the Department of food safety and veterinary Derepressible Boris Kobal, now the document is in the process of promulgation.

In accordance with the order from the date of promulgation expires earlier order of the Ministry of agriculture on March 5, 2014 №81 "About approval of the Instruction on the prevention and control of African swine fever" (registration number in the Ministry of justice No. 363 / 25140 21 March 2014).

According to the Director of the Department, epizootic situation on ASF in Ukraine remains tense. The old manual, which regulated the rules of localization of ASF outbreaks, could not meet the needs of the time and required updating.

"This is a very important document both in terms of bringing domestic legislation into conformity with the requirements of European Union legislation and in the application of new levers of influence for the adoption of more effective measures in the fight against ASF", — said Boris Kobal.

He noted, approved the statement gives a new definition to the processes that occur in the framework of the prevention and control of ASF. In particular, we introduce the concept of biosecurity, farms with a high level of Biosafety, the infected object and the like.

The document also details what is a closed operation mode, reduces the size of the zone of protection and surveillance zones, determines the epizootic hearth, not the whole town, as it was before, but only part of it.

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