March 29, 2021
 

Federal District of Brazil seeks to launch sanitary compartmentalisation of pig farming

The Federal District of Brazil is working to pioneer the sanitary compartmentalisation of pig farming in the country and throughout Latin America.

The measure, which consists of adopting a set of sanitary and biosafety regulations for pig production, will facilitate international trade and guarantee genetic protection, in addition to benefiting producers and creating jobs and income.

Sanitary compartmentalisation consists of preventing pigs from contracting one or more diseases by adopting specific status and controls. In Brazil, the practice is already consolidated in aviculture, and the idea is to do the same for swine farming.

A compartmentalised farm would be free of certain types of diseases and could eventually be authorised to sell its products even if an outbreak affects a city, state or the entire country, or when trade is blocked or suspended by other countries and authorities.

Currently, the federal district has 33 modernised pig farms, six large-scale slaughterhouses and 157,000 housed animals.

Other large farms in the capital may soon achieve the same status, which will be reflected in the quality of the products and greater price competition with other states.

- Agência Brasília (Brazil)