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China adopts regional approach to Spanish pork imports amid swine fever outbreak

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Spain's pig farmers could catch a big break under a new agreement with China. Spain's agriculture ministry (MAPA) announced it had detected African swine fever (ASF) in wild boar on November 28 – the country's first detection since 1994 (Reuters 1).

Spain has temporarily paused all pork exports to ...



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