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 DVMF: It’s safe to eat pork despite entry of ASF

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —Even with the confirmed entry of African Swine Fever (ASF) in the country, it is still safe to eat pork, at least in Cebu City. This was the pronouncement of Doctor Jennifer Laurente, the…

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…

Cebu Provincial Board looks into legislations to protect P10.9 billion hog industry

Rosalie Abatayo 09/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — After the Agriculture department has confirmed the first case of African Swine Fever (ASF) in some Luzon towns, the Cebu provincial government is looking into extending the ban of the entry of pork…

Cebu intensifies watch vs African Swine Fever after DA confirms first case in Rizal province

Rosalie Abatayo 09/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu provincial government’s African Swine Fever (ASF) Task Force will be doubling their efforts following the Agriculture department’s announcement that the hog deaths in Rizal province last August were due to ASF.…

Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia releases statement after confirmed swine deaths in Rizal 

Rosalie Abatayo 09/09/2019

Cebu City, Philippines— Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia on Monday, September 9, 2019, released a statement on the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) confirmation that the hog deaths in Rizal province were caused by African Swine Fever. The DA…

ASF Task Force: P470K worth of pork, pork products burned

Rosalie Abatayo 09/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The African Swine  Fever (ASF) Task Force of Cebu Province disposed of over P470,000 worth of pork and pork products coming from countries that have reported cases of ASF On Thursday afternoon, September…

Garcia: 100-day ban on entry of live pigs, other pork products remain

Irene R. Sino Cruz 08/27/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines– The 100-day ban on the entry of live hogs and other pork products in Cebu will still be in effect even after Agriculture Secretary William Dar clarified that the African Swine Fever  (ASF) did not…

Cebu City Vet’s Office testing 3 dead pigs in Lusaran hog farms for ASF

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/23/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The three pigs that died this month in different hog farms in Lusaran, a mountain barangay in Cebu City, have been sent to the City Veterinarian’s Office for African Swine Fever (ASF) tests.…

Cebu City mayor forms task force for African Swine Fever prevention

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/22/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines– Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella instructed the city’s Department of Veterinary Medicine and Fisheries (DVMF) to form a task group that will work on formulating mitigation measures that can help prevent the entry of…

Provincial Vet assures: No African Swine Fever in Cebu

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/15/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Provincial Veterinary Office has assured that the death of the 12 pigs of a backyard hog raiser in Carcar City is less likely related to the African Swine Fever (ASF). Dr. Rose…

DVMF warns against repacked canned meat from ASF-infected countries

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Department of Veterinary Medicine and Fisheries (DVMF) warned the public of canned meat from African Swine Fever (ASF)-infected countries that may have been repacked and sold to the public again. Doctor Alice Utlang, head…

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