The Ministry of Agriculture reported on Friday that the European Union has given the green light for the export of live pigs from producers in the Vukovar-Srijem, Karlovac, Brod-Posavina, and Sisak-Moslavina counties to other EU member states.
Until now, this was not possible due to animal health control measures in place due to classical swine fever. Based on a risk assessment by the European Commission and considering the development of the current epidemiological situation in the Union, Croatian producers have been given the opportunity to market pigs, the Ministry stated.
In order for live pigs to be exported from Croatia, certain additional controls must be conducted, which will be financed from the state budget.
– I welcome the decision of the European Commission, which has finally given the green light to Croatian pig farmers for the export of live pigs to the EU. All costs of additional controls will be covered by the Ministry of Agriculture, thus maximally supporting their export, said Minister Tolušić.
The Ministry of Agriculture issued an order in January 2014 on measures to prevent the occurrence and spread of classical swine fever, which among other things prohibited the transport and movement of live pigs outside farms due to this disease to other EU member states and to other areas within the country, outside the mentioned counties.
