The Philippines has “eradicated” bird flu less than a year after the disease of poultry, which can be transmitted to people, reemerged in the country, an official discloses
Department of Agriculture
(MANILA BULLETIN)
In a statement, the Department of Agriculture (DA) assured the consuming public that “pork and poultry products are sufficient to tide us over until yearend and onto the first quarter of 2021”.
Based on data provided by DA’s national livestock program (NLP), more than 213,500 hogs from Visayas and Mindanao were shipped to Metro Manila and nearby provinces since May 2020 to augment supply of pork and pork products.
Undersecretary for Livestock William Medrano, NLP head, said the bulk of the hogs comes from Region 12 or Soccsksargen, which has sent more than 88,800 head and counting since May, comprising 42 percent of the total shipment.
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