Never provide food waste to farmers raising animals
Using food destined to the landfill to feed pigs may seem like a good idea… IT’S NOT!
Whether it be “organic”, “only produce”, “just fruits” or “still good”, food waste can be contaminated with diseases that could kill pigs and destroy Canada’s pork industry.
“The recent escalation of the African swine fever epidemic around the world has placed the majority of the world’s swine population under direct threat”. – World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)
African swine fever is not a threat to human health.
