Ruggero Lenti, president of ASS.I.CA.: We are pleased that the actions put in place from the raising of containment fences to the carrying out of targeted selective culling have so far made the national pig farming sector safe
More than a year after the appearance of the veterinary disease on the national continental territory, the situation shows that it has been well managed so far. Government, regions, Extraordinary Commissioner and companies have done their part in recent months: some by coordinating activity at the central level and allocating resources to the Commissioner’s work, some by intervening with funds to support wildlife containment initiatives and support for farms in difficulty, and some by putting in place stricter biosecurity measures, definitely well beyond regulatory requirements and functional to reduce the spread of a disease that although not dangerous to humans is still extremely contagious for animals and unfortunately still lacking in treatment and vaccines.
«We are pleased that the actions put in place from the raising of containment fences to the carrying out of targeted selective culling have so far made the national pig farming sector safe» says Ruggero Lenti, president of ASS.I.CA., Associazione Industriali Delle Carni e Dei Salumi, the Association of Meat and Cured Meat Industries, "preventing contagions from reaching areas with a higher intensity of pigs bred and meat and cured meat plants, areas where the damage would have been unimaginable and very costly to compensate.
The areas so far affected by the disease are in fact limited to a few municipalities between Piedmont and Liguria and some territory in Lazio, areas where fortunately there are few pig farms, but which border geographic areas historically vocated to pig farming and where more than 2/3 of the pigs bred in Italy are concentrated, the basis for the production of the prized PDO cured meats such as Parma ham and San Daniele ham.
«In order to guarantee peace of mind and serenity to breeders and producers of meat and cured meats, in a context already severely tested by so many economic challenges — Lenti continued — it is essential that the government does not let up on this issue. The matter is under control and must continue to remain so: this is why we urge the government to allocate a portion of the resources of the national funds for agribusiness development to the maintenance, consolidation and development of initiatives to contain and combat the spread of the disease. In the same way, we are sure that the regions directly affected will not fail to give their support, including economic support, to the management of the disease until its complete eradication, which we hope will take place as quickly as possible in order to free up millions of euros in exports, today blocked precisely because of PSA».
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