Transportation of animals halted in bid to stop swine fever spreading

Russia’s southern city of Krasnodar has closed roads to block movement of some food due to African Swine Fever.

The ban applies to pork goods and produce such as root vegetables, Krasnodar’s regional administration said in a statement. It may be extended to transportation of other products if the virus continues to spread, Eduard Kutygin, deputy governor and Krasnodar’s agriculture minister said.

Krasnodar is Russia’s main grain growing region, and accounted for 12% of last year’s national crop with 11.4 million metric tons, according to the state statistics data.