Covid19

The Generalitat De Catalunya Prepares Recommendations For The Livestock Sector And Related Activities

The Generalitat de Catalunya prepares recommendations for the livestock sector and related activities

  • 27 March, 2020
As a consequence of the situation generated by the SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) alarm state, the Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food of the Generalitat de Catalunya has prepared certain instructions related to exceptional measures with respect to the livestock sector and related activities. This section specifies the exceptional measures adopted in the field of the livestock movement, animal health and livestock production.
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Anafric Highlights The Effort And Professionalism Of The Sheep, Cattle, Pig And Goat Sectors To Guarantee A Quality Service And Product During The State Of Alarm

Anafric highlights the effort and professionalism of the sheep, cattle, pig and goat sectors to guarantee a quality service and product during the state of alarm

  • 25 March, 2020
Despite the economic, service and transport stoppage, the threat of Covid-19 has further strengthened the meat sector. From Anafric, the Spanish meat business association, wants to send a message of tranquility to the Spanish population and, above all, to highlight the "enormous effort and professionalism" that the sheep, cattle, pig and goat sector are carrying out to comply with the safety regulations established by decree 463/2020 (link to all updates to the royal decree), on the one hand, and to have their products taken to distribution points through the road transport network. ”
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10,000 Veterinarians Contribute To Maintaining Supply And Food Security

10,000 veterinarians contribute to maintaining supply and food security

  • 24 March, 2020
More than 10,000 veterinarians are working these days in slaughterhouses, farms, food industries, aquaculture facilities, distribution companies, collective catering, official public health and inspection services, analysis laboratories or customs control, among other places, with the aim of guaranteeing the population supply and food security in Spain during the state of alarm.
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The State Will Guarantee 80% Of Loans To Freelancers And SMEs With A Maximum Term Of 5 Years

The State will guarantee 80% of loans to freelancers and SMEs with a maximum term of 5 years

  • 24 March, 2020
The Council of Ministers has given the green light to the first tranche of 20,000 million euros in the line of public guarantees for loans to companies as part of the 100,000 million that it approved last week to combat the devastating economic effects of the coronavirus. The State will guarantee 80% of loans to self-employed workers and SMEs, for which 10,000 million of that first tranche has been reserved. For the rest of the companies, the guarantee will be 70% in new loans and 60% in renewals.
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Thanks From Anafric For The Work You Are Doing

Thanks from Anafric for the work you are doing

  • 20 March, 2020
THANKS We can't think of another word from Anafric. Your support, your commitment, your trust and your effort will not be in vain. Together, we face this reality. And with the collaboration of all, we will leave. We are sure about it.
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Information Note On The Application Of The Royal Decree On The State Of Alarm In The Livestock Sector (text From The Ministry)

Information note on the application of the Royal Decree on the state of alarm in the livestock sector (text from the Ministry)

  • 19 March, 2020
Agricultural, livestock and aquaculture production, as well as fishing activity, transformation of agricultural and fishery products, veterinary centers or clinics, transport and distribution of food, as well as its commercialization through retail sales to consumers, form the food supply chain whose activity must be guaranteed in the state of alarm. This implies that the activity of agri-food companies as a whole, including agricultural, livestock, aquaculture and fishing activities, must be maintained, but also that of the companies that, in turn, supply them with the necessary inputs for their operation. 
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Postponement Of Technical Vehicle Inspections

Postponement of Technical Vehicle Inspections

  • 19 March, 2020
The Ministry of Industry agrees to temporarily suspend the obligation to pass the ITV of vehicles while the Decree of declaration of alarm status remains in force. As FENADISMER, the national association of ITV stations, has been reporting, there have been many complaints that transporters and private drivers have been raising these days due to the lack of information regarding the obligation to pass the ITV of their vehicles, since while some stations remained open, others were closed, as is the case of the ITV Andalucía, Extremadura, Navarra and Asturias, due to their different legal management regime.
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Which Establishments Remain Open During The Alarm State?

Which establishments remain open during the Alarm State?

  • 18 March, 2020
The containment measure to prevent the spread of Covid 19, according to decree-law 463/2020, contemplates the reduction of commercial activity, cultural facilities, recreational establishments and activities, hotel and restaurant activities, and other additional activities.
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Veterinarians Guarantee The Production Chain, Food Safety And Well-being Of All Animals.

Veterinarians guarantee the production chain, food safety and well-being of all animals.

  • 18 March, 2020
Luis Alberto Calvo Sáez, president of the OCV (Veterinary College Organization), encourages veterinarians to act with the utmost professionalism and to collaborate with the health authority, in front of the state of alarm by the COVID-19. He has sent a letter to the 52 Spanish schools in which it recalls that they are a "very leading avant-garde healthcare collective for the protection of human and animal health", and therefore they must work to guarantee the production chain, food security and the welfare of all animals.
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Anafric Reports On The Guarantee Of The Posting Of Workers And The Self-employed

Anafric reports on the guarantee of the posting of workers and the self-employed

  • 18 March, 2020
Many of you will wonder what to present when we need to justify our trip to work? The company must accredit the worker with a job posting that indicates so. The decree-law 463/2020 that indicates the State of Alarm specifies in article 7 that "the displacement to the place of work to carry out his labor, professional or business provision" is authorized, as well as his vehicles. We have to remember that the activities related to food transport are considered as BASIC SERVICES.
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The Government Approves A Shock Plan With Social Measures To Deal With The Coronavirus Worth € 200,000 Million

The Government approves a shock plan with social measures to deal with the coronavirus worth € 200,000 million

  • 17 March, 2020
The Council of Ministers has approved new economic measures within the shock plan to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, which include more liquidity for the economy; support for vulnerable families and citizens; flexibility in temporary template adjustments and support for research into vaccines and cures for the disease. Social measures include deferring payment of household supplies for the most vulnerable families until September.
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The Closure Of Spanish Borders Does Not Affect Merchandise

The closure of Spanish borders does not affect merchandise

  • 17 March, 2020
The Interior Minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, has agreed to reestablish the controls of the Spanish land borders while the state of alarm lasts. The initiative, as assured by the minister, is within a policy of effective coordination with the European Union and with the autonomous communities.
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