Found a new way to deal with African swine fever?

Transported by road pork, live pigs, as well as feed for these animals can only be with a special state accreditation.

corresponding draft decree prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rosselkhoznadzor passed regulatory impact assessment and will be adopted in early 2014 . According to him, the veterinary department will lead a single register of vehicles that can carry out the transportation of such goods . As conceived by veterinarians , this measure should help prevent the spread of African swine fever .

To register your car owner should provide an electronic system Rosselkhoznadzor personal data , information about the vehicle . Need and gosvetinspektora conclusion that the car is suitable for the carriage of pork, not past temperature processing , live pigs and feed them . These requirements are contained in the animal health rules for handling vehicles from June 15, 1993 . They were applied to specialized avtopervozchikam professionally engaged in transportation of such goods . According to assistant department Alexei Alexeenko , entering data in a single register will be in the online mode and free. Get help from the registry will be available on request .

The National Union of Pig Producers of "Izvestia" newspaper reported that the appearance of the document did not surprise industry , since this measure was proposed in the framework of a special government commission to combat ASF .

- This is one of the most effective tools to combat swine fever along with the shooting of the wild boar , - the general director of the trade association Yuri Kovalev . - How diseased pig flagged for 200-300 km from the epicenter of ASF ? Someone brings in another region of a sick animal meat .

Kovalev acknowledges that it would complicate the work of a small business. Since those farmers who did not get transport to the registry have to resort to the services of accredited logistics companies. Besides , according to Kovalev , approval veterinary inspector can not get no vehicle of private farms ( LPH ) , since they are not technically equipped. Also, it is estimated that about 10 % of farms will not be able to transport the pigs themselves , feed and meat .

Farmers are convinced that the fight against ASF is just a cover for mega were able to drive from the market of small producers of pork, which constitute serious competition . Widespread presence of farm products on the market has been one of the reasons 35 percent decline in pork prices in the past two years .

- Imagine that I need to be transported from one farm to another five pigs. Need to order a certified car, collect documents, pay for someone else's transport. Now for the same operations need only certificates in animals. When I 'm taking pigs from one area to another , I get a certificate that pigs are healthy , and in another area - a conclusion that they are willing to accept . I'll translate myself pigs and feed them to the "Gazelle" , - says Alexander Pocheptsov farmer near Moscow .

According to him, with a mandatory accreditation compete with large companies to small and medium-sized farms, smallholdings and especially not survive .

Sellers farm products also fear that providers will have to cover the costs of logistics due to the increase in prices for fresh pork .

- Small private farms now do not think about the design of traffic. They make the roster trucks likely will not. It will be just a new pretext for extortion if they suddenly stopped on the track - suggests Boris Akimov , founder of the cooperative farm LavkaLavka.

According to experts, the transition to service logistics firms agricultural transportation costs could increase by 20-30%. However, the head of the executive committee of the National Meat Association ( NMA ) Sergey Yushin believes that no matter how the increased costs for individual farmers from ASF industry and the economy suffer more .

- Problem Registry not to farmers has become easier to work with , and to stop the spread of ASF , five years this issue has been neglected - said Yushin .

According to him, from 2008 to 2013 due to the country's economy was damaged ASF 30 billion rubles. During these years, veterinary inspectors confiscated pig producers about 500,000 heads of infected animals . Yushin also noted that most of the PSF , which were recorded outbreak of plague is not actually a part-time farms .

- It contained from 100 to 1000 individuals , are entrepreneurs , small farmers who do not want to be under the supervision and to pay taxes honestly , - concluded the head of IA .

Introduction of compulsory licensing for transportation pork is the third restriction, which hit the financial well-being of farmers. Next year inures Technical Regulations of the Customs Union "On the safety of meat products ." According to him, farmers will not be allowed to score cattle intended for sale to private farmsteads . Slaughter will be carried out only by accredited Rosselkhoznadzor slaughterhouses. Meat, approved for sale and processing would have to pass the federal branding or licensed vetsaninspektora . Farmers today call these requirements ruinous for small and medium-sized farms. Restrictions will lead to additional costs in the supply of meat for retail sale or refining company .