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USDA SET TO APPROVE ZOETIS' AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS
Oct. 15, 2018
Agri-Pulse reports:
The USDA's Agriculture Research Service will officially announce in the Federal Register today that it intends to approve a license for Zoetis, Inc., to market its vaccine for the African swine fever virus, a product produced through the cutting-edge science of gene editing. Comments must be received by November 14, 2018
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) has been sounding the alarm over the virus that is deadly for pigs but believed to not be dangerous to humans. The virus, once confined to Africa, has spread through Russia and Eastern Europe and is now killing swine in China, the world's largest pork-producing country.
"While this virus poses no threat to human health or any food safety concern, it could have a devastating economic impact if it would be found in the U.S.," Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig said in a recent statement. "Our pork producers do a great job with biosecurity and protecting pig health and the new cases highlight the importance of everyone remaining diligent in their biosecurity efforts."
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