Another outbreak of swine fever in Romania

By: trademagazin Date: 2007. 08. 24. 00:00

It was the third outbreak in the country in recent weeks and the second on a farm owned by Smithfield Foods Inc.

The disease was found this week on a farm in Igris, about 60
kilometers (40 miles) west of Timisoara near the Hungarian border. Around
18,000 pigs will be slaughtered in the village, alltogether 60,000 pigs must be
slaughtered, Smithsfield Foods Inc. take british experts for the work.  

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