Agriculture minister resigns in swine fever protest

Agriculture Minister Stanislaw Kalemba has resigned over what he claims is a lack of government action on compensating farmers after two cases of African swine fever were detected in Poland.


"The main reason for the resignation is a lack of action aimed at conducting operations to fight off the effects of two cases of ASF [African Swine Fever]," Stanislaw Kalemba said at a press conference on Thursday.In February, two wild boar had been found to have died from swine fever not far from the Belarusian border.The finding follows two cases of African swine fever detected in wild boar in Lithuania.Russia slapped a ban on pork products from the EU as a result and China has also suspended imports of Polish pork products.