Gimhae City Urges "Install 8 Major Biosecurity Facilities for Pig Farms!" ... Up to 18 Million Won in Cost Support

Revision of Enforcement Rules for Livestock Infectious Disease Prevention Act

Gimhae City, Gyeongnam emphasized the mandatory installation of eight major quarantine facilities for local pig farms.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] Gimhae City, Gyeongnam Province, emphasized the mandatory installation of eight major quarantine facilities for pig farms on the 12th.

The city explained that the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs' revision of the Enforcement Rules of the Livestock Infectious Disease Prevention Act was promulgated on June 30 and will be enforced from October 1.

The Ministry of Agriculture decided to revise the enforcement rules to improve the quarantine facility standards of pig farms nationwide after African Swine Fever (ASF)-infected wild boars were found in Gyeonggi, Gangwon, Chungbuk, and Gyeongbuk regions, and ASF occurred at a pig farm in Hongcheon County, Gangwon Province, on May 26.

With this revision, the obligation to install eight major quarantine facilities, which previously applied only to ASF-focused quarantine management zones with frequent wild boar appearances, has been expanded to all pig farms nationwide.

Each farm must complete the installation of the relevant facilities by the end of this year, within three months after the enforcement of the revision.

ASF is a disease transmitted only among pigs, including wild boars and domestic pigs, and is known to have a mortality rate of 100% upon outbreak.

It is designated as a Class 1 statutory infectious disease under the Livestock Infectious Disease Prevention Act and first appeared on September 17, 2019.

The eight major quarantine facilities were designed to strictly separate outsiders and insiders of the farm and minimize the inflow of disease sources to prevent ASF outbreaks.

They consist of ▲outer fence ▲inner fence ▲anteroom ▲quarantine room ▲loading/unloading platform ▲insect-proof screens ▲goods entry facility ▲waste storage facility.

The city is conducting a quarantine infrastructure support project and an eight major quarantine facilities installation support project to partially cover the installation costs to ease the burden on farms.

Pig farms authorized for livestock operations within the city can apply through the nearest township office. The quarantine infrastructure support project provides up to 30 million KRW, and the eight major quarantine facilities installation support project provides up to 18 million KRW.

A city official said, “Since the first occurrence of ASF in 2019, we have been operating a situation room 365 days a year according to the severe crisis alert level and are striving for blocking quarantine,” adding, “We hope that quarantine facilities will be installed without fail to prevent various pig diseases.”

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