African swine fever (ASF)

African swine fever (ASF)

African swine fever is a highly contagious viral infection of pigs, wild boars, minipigs and micropigs caused by the ASF virus. The disease is fatal for pigs.

Do not bring African swine fever to Finland

Should African swine fever spread to Finland, it would cause major losses to our economy. Let's keep the disease out of Finland!

For travellers about African swine fever

Don't bring African swine fever into Finland with foods containing pork or wild boar!

Awareness video about African swine fever (ASF)

What travellers need to know about African swine fever (ASF) (narrated in Finnish, subtitles in English and Russian)  

News about African swine fever (ASF)

  • Fighting African swine fever calls for constant measures (9.10.2020)
  • Customs enhances the combat against African swine fever – Customs trains a food detector dog for Helsinki Airport (13.8.2019)

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