ASF-FREE. An employee of the Antique Provincial Veterinary (ProVet) Office prepares to burn the pork-based products confiscated from a store on October 22, 2021. Dr. Rafael Marco Ardamil, Antique ProVet Public Health Division head, said on Wednesday (Dec. 29, 2021) that some of the manufacturing companies in areas affected by African swine fever (ASF) particularly in Luzon had made requests to allow their other pork-based products that are safe be sold in the province.(Photo courtesy of ProVet Antique) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Several food manufacturers in areas affected by African swine fever (ASF), particularly in Luzon, are urging the Antique Provincial Veterinary (ProVet) office to reconsider and allow their virus-safe products in the province. "The companies claimed that they had acquired their pork ingredient from an ASF-free area and, thus, these are safe," said Dr. Rafael Marco Ardamil, Antique ProVet Public Health Division head, in an interview Wednesday. He
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique Several food manufacturers in areas affected by African swine fever (ASF), particularly in Luzon, are urging the Antique Provincial Veterinary (ProVet) office to reconsider and allow their virus-safe products into the province. “The companies claimed that they had acquired their pork ingredient from an ASF-free area…