INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Sri Lankas Department of Animal Production and Health has actually revealed steps to release a brand-new Gazette notice, relaxing some of
the limitations enforced earlier due to the African swine fever outbreak.Director General of the department Dr
Hemali Kothalawala stated that approval has actually now been granted for the transportation of healthy animals.Based on the existing
situation in the field, there has been a small decrease in the spread of the disease today, and its essential to protect the market, Dr
Kothalawala explained.We have relaxed specific restrictions and released a brand-new Gazette, which will work from November 4 up until
Formerly, animal transport was restricted, but under the new Gazette, non-infected animals may now be transferred, provided they have an
animal health report from a veterinarian.These animals can be butchered in slaughterhouses signed up with the provincial office of the
Department of Animal Production and Health
An authorized officer will accredit and grant this registration, she further said.The new Gazette also mandates that slaughterhouses and
meat refrigeration facilities must be signed up
Meat processing and the sale of prepared meat from non-infected animals are now allowed, enabling dining establishments to sell meat from
animals confirmed to be free of the disease.Meanwhile, the Western Province Department of Animal Production and Health reported that around
50 percent of the pigs in the Western Province have actually passed away due to African swine fever.Its Director, K.K
Sarath, noted that Gampaha District tape-recorded the greatest variety of pig deaths.
