Estonia will distribute to needy inhabitants pork from farms from "the plague

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Canned food given out to the population is made of meat of pigs from the farms located in a sanitary zone, the African plague of pigs limiting epidemic

the Ministry of social affairs Estonia collects div till November 6 of this year of the application demand from local governments on the basis of which 900 thousand cans with pork will be distributed to needy inhabitants of the country. About this Information company "Regnum" today, on October 20, were reported in the ministry of rural life by Estonia, having noted that in October, 2015 the government allocated 1,78 million euros for production of canned food from meat of pigs from the farms located in a sanitary zone, epidemic of the African plague of pigs of AChS limiting distribution.

of All will be realized until the end of February, 2017 of 950 thousand canned food. Transportation costs on delivery of canned food in local governments the Ministry of rural life assumes Estonia. According to the minister of rural life, the member of ruling Right-wing liberal Reformist party Kruuze Urmas, canned food with meat of pigs from farms of the third sanitary zone is already distributed for Sil of defense, Saving department, Department of police and frontier protection, Ministry of Internal Affairs Academy — about 50 thousand pieces. Before canned food Estonia for replenishment of state reserves were bought by the Ministry of rural life.

As reported REGNUM news agency Information company "Regnum" earlier, the first case of the African plague of pigs of AChS to Estonia was diagnosed for a wild boar in the woods southern Estonia on border with Latvia in September, 2014. On pig farms of the pigs infected with plague began to find since July, 2015. According to department, epidemic of the African plague of pigs caused damage to country pig-breeding of more than 50 million euros. Because of AChS epidemic restrictions were imposed on pork export from Estonia. Following the results of AChS epidemic the livestock of pigs to Estonia decreased by 20%. In the fall of 2016 it was recognized that AChS to Estonia is not won, and its elimination will take at least a decade.

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