Capitol plans to extend pork ban to provinces that still accept Luzon-sourced pork

Rosalie Abatayo 12/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu’s borders will soon be off limits to pork and pork-related products from provinces that have not protected their borders against against those Luzon-sourced pork and pork products. Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, in a…

ASF Task Force reminds public: Pork products from Luzon still banned in Cebu

Rosalie Abatayo 10/24/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Province’s task force against African Swine Fever (ASF) is back at reminding stores and traders that all pork products from Luzon are banned from entering the province. Provincial Veterinarian Dr. Mary Rose…

NMIS, DA in Central Visayas stand by Cebu’s hog, pork products ban

Norman V. Mendoza 10/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) and the Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas were firm on their stand to uphold the ban of the entry to the region, especially to Cebu, of…

Labella to DILG: ‘Reconsider order to lift ban on pork from Luzon’

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 10/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Another local chief executive expressed concern about the order of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to lift the ban on pork and pork-related products from Luzon. In a press conference…

Cebu provincial vet questions DA’s amendment on ASF protocol

Rosalie Abatayo 10/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Dr. Mary Rose Vincoy, Cebu provincial veterinarian, questioned the move of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to modify the protocol in zones affected with African Swine Fever (ASF). In an interview on Wednesday,…

Ban vs hogs, pork from Luzon stays

Rosalie Abatayo 09/25/2019

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — The ban against live hogs, pork and pork-related products sourced from Luzon provinces stays. This developed after Agriculture Secretary William Dar and Department of Agriculture (DA-7) Regional Director Salvador Diputado met with Cebu…

80% of global swine fever deaths are in PH

Germelina Lacorte, Matthew Reysio-Cruz, Ronnel W. Domingo 09/19/2019

  African swine fever has spread to Metro Manila from adjoining Rizal and Bulacan, provinces that the government earlier acknowledged as among the areas hit by the disease that is fatal to hogs but harmless to humans.…

Mandaue imposes total ban on hogs, pork from Luzon

Rosalie Abatayo 09/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The city government of Mandaue has taken the cue from the provincial government in banning hogs and pork products from Luzon to prevent the entry of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Cebu. Read…

Cebu Vet asks for meat vendors’ patience amid ban on hogs, pork products

Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Provincial Veterinary Office appealed to local meat traders to stretch their patience and cooperate with the province as it strictly implements the ban on the entry of live hogs from Luzon…

Cebu bans hogs from Luzon, processed pork products from Bulacan and Rizal

Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/11/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — In the wake of the first confirmed  cases in the country, Cebu province banned the entry of live hogs from Luzon in the next 100 days. Governor Gwendolyn Garcia,  in a press…

PB wants prison term, fines for importers of hog products from ASF affected areas

Rosalie Abatayo 09/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Provincial Board’s Committee on Agriculture is now drafting an ordinance that seeks to impose penalties on individuals who will try to bring into the province pork and pork-related products from areas…

Cebu City Agriculture intensifies preventive measures for ASF

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Cebu City Agriculture Department (CAD) has intensified its preventive measures against African Swine Fever in Cebu City following confirmed cases in Luzon.  Engineer Joel Baclayon, the head of the CAD, said the hog farms…

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