Since mid-November of this year, the Ministry of Agriculture of China wants to find out which slaughterhouse of the country should cease operations.

The Chinese government has announced that it will consistently close small slaughterhouses in the country. This should help better control the spread of African swine fever (ASF).

The Ministry of Agriculture of China from mid-November of this year will consider what slaughter should stop production, according to government circles. The criteria by which the Chinese government chooses slaughter are not yet known to the public.

The fear of continuing the uncontrolled spread of ASF around the world is now enormous. According to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), a quarter of the world's pig population may disappear if the virus continues to spread at that rate.

Dutch Rabobank expects a supply gap of between five and ten million tons of pork in 2020.

Recall that ASF continues its victorious march across Asian countries, approaching Australia, where the toughest measures to protect against the disease have been introduced.

And South Korea even set about installing a fence along the border with North Korea so that sick animals could not enter the country.