# USDA building a wall against African swine fever

> USDA says it is raising surveillance at the US border with Customs and Border Protection to keep African swine fever out of the country. A detector dog recently intercepted a roasted pig head in luggage at Atlanta's airport. USDA is also planning its response and expanding testing capacity at National Animal Health Laboratory Network labs.

- Date: 2018-10-30 · published 2018-10-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62435-usda-building-a-wall-against-african-swine-fever
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

The steps are precautionary and do not reflect any US case, so they have little immediate price effect. They do signal that an ASF detection in the US would be a serious risk to hog prices and export access.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2024-09-20 | [Strengthening North America's Defense Against African Swine Fever](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16059-strengthening-north-america-s-defense-against-african-swine-fever.md) | -0.5% | -3.8% |
| HOGS | 2020-11-19 | [African Swine Fever: Everything you need to know](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50033-african-swine-fever-everything-you-need-to-know.md) | -0.5% | -2.4% |
| HOGS | 2019-04-11 | [African Swine Fever outbreak at North West farm \| SAnews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59461-african-swine-fever-outbreak-at-north-west-farm-sanews.md) | +7.8% | +5.7% |
| HOGS | 2022-07-14 | [African swine fever's global threat continues \| AGDAILY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16263-african-swine-fever-s-global-threat-continues-agdaily.md) | +1.5% | +7.0% |
| HOGS | 2019-05-16 | [UMN, SHIC keep close eye on global African swine fever breaks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58966-umn-shic-keep-close-eye-on-global-african-swine-fever-breaks.md) | -0.4% | -8.9% |

## Sources

- nationalhogfarmer.com: https://www.nationalhogfarmer.com/farm-policy-news/usda-building-a-wall-against-african-swine-fever

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