In 2024, 44 cases of African swine fever (ASF) were recorded in Ukraine, the press service of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Protection (SSUFSCP) reported.
The agency reminded that in Ukraine, since 2008, individuals have been compensated for losses from ASF. Payments in the amount of the cost of live pigs removed from the epizootic focus and protection zone during the outbreak of African swine fever are made by the decision of the State Emergency Anti-Epizootic Commission under the Cabinet of Ministers (Commission) or local state emergency anti-epizootic commissions on the basis of an application and an act of animal removal for the purpose of their destruction during the elimination of especially dangerous (quarantine) diseases.
The Commission or local state emergency antiepizootic commissions send to the territorial body of the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection decisions on compensation for property damage (losses), acts of seizure of farm animals, lists of individuals to receive compensation for animals, information on the average market value of 1 kg of purchased live weight of animals of different age and weight groups provided by the relevant structural unit of the regional state administration.
Based on the information received from the territorial bodies of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection, funds are transferred to the Treasury for further payment to individuals.
A similar compensation mechanism is in place to compensate poultry owners for damage caused by bird flu. In this case, information on the average market value of 1 head of poultry of different species is taken into account.
The State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection urges animal owners to comply with biosafety requirements and to contact its territorial body at the place of residence (business) or state veterinary institutions in a timely manner in case of detection of the disease or suspicion of it.
“The main thing is to prevent the spread of these diseases,” the agency emphasized.
