Credit to Author: Eireene Jairee Gomez| Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 16:10:18 +0000
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said it was on top of the African swine fever (ASF) outbreak in the country that has so far reached several areas in Luzon and Mindanao since the virus broke out in July last year. During his speech at the three-day International Farmers’ Summit 2020 in Pasay City, Agriculture Secretary […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Eireene Jairee Gomez| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 17:21:51 +0000
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has blamed smugglers and uncooperative hog traders for the spread of African swine fever (ASF) in the Philippines. Since the virus was confirmed in the country in August last year, at least 130 outbreaks have been recorded, the DA said in its recent report to the World Organization for Animal […]
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 11:49:19 +0000
THE Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Animal Industry (DA-BAI) on Wednesday announced it would allocate P78 million in emergency fund to enforce biosecurity and quarantine measures against the spread of African Swine Fever…READ
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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 21:04:53 +0000
Do not bring in any meat products from overseas, even from countries free from African swine fever (ASF), warned Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) official Dr. Renaldo Quilang, who said the Department of Agriculture (DA) instruction was meant to avoid ASF contamination of the local swine industry.
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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2019 05:51:43 +0000
Meat products worth about P600,000 were seized by port authorities here after discovering these were shipped from Guangzhou in China, which is affected by the dreaded African swine fever (ASF).
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 21:11:45 +0000
Extra vigilance was needed to keep pork contaminated by African swine fever (ASF) from entering the country as only one ASF case could wipe out small backyard raisers, which make up 65 percent of the country’s pork industry, according to an agricultural group. Abono party-list chair Rosendo So, in a statement, said an interagency system […]
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 21:30:43 +0000
Despite an order from the Department of Agriculture (DA) banning the entry of pork and pork products from countries affected by African swine fever (ASF), an industry group said more than a million kilos of pork meat from Belgium still managed to enter the country.
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 10:34:05 +0000
THE Bureau of Customs (BoC) alerted all its ports nationwide against the entry of pork and meat products that came from countries where there was an outbreak of African swine fever…READ
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