Sausage producers have appealed to the state to take care of tens of thousands of animals ready for slaughter in the swine fever exclusion zone in Lower Saxony. It’s about preventing an “animal welfare catastrophe,” said Sarah Dhem, President of the Federal Association of Sausage and Ham Producers New Osnabrück newspaper. “The state has to take over the pigs and organize the slaughter,” said Dhem. The meat could then be stored and processing initiated by tender. At the beginning of July, African swine fever (ASF) was found in a company in Emsbüren in Emsland. A protection and surveillance zone has been set up around the farm, affecting 300 farms with more than 190,000 animals. Thousands of animals urgently need to be slaughtered, otherwise the stables will become too small.
Sausage manufacturers – call for help because of swine fever – economy
