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PIG raisers belonging to the National Federation of Hog Farmers Inc. (NFHFI) oppose the idea of easing government rules on the sale of imported frozen pork in wet markets, arguing that it will harm consumers' health and local production. NFHFI President Chester Warren Y. Tan said relaxing the Department of…

Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua on Thursday said the government must ease its rules on the sale of frozen pork to wet markets to further temper food inflation, which he noted remains elevated due to expensive pork products. Chua explained that he has two main concerns regarding inflation:…

ARGUING that the move would further discourage local pig repopulation, hog raisers are seeking a “justification” from the government of its decision allowing the sale of imported pork under the minimum access volume plus (MAV+) program beyond NCR+ areas. Meat processors, meanwhile, pointed out that the latest action of the…

In reply to media queries seeking reaction to DA MC# 23 which expands coverage of Minimum Access Volume (MAV) Plus, the Philippine Association of Meat Processors Inc. (PAMPI) issued a statement.

ASSISTANCE. Micro-entrepreneurs in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga receive on Friday (Oct. 22, 2021) subsidies under the "Negosyo Serbisyo sa Barangay program. The "Negosyo Serbisyo sa Barangay", is a livelihood seeding program of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) which was first adopted by the city in December 2020.(Photo by City Government of San Fernando) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - At least 80 more nano and micro-entrepreneurs here received subsidies from the ...

THE Philippines has lifted its temporary import ban on Brazilian beef and cattle-derived products after Brasilia proved to Manila that the risks of importing the meat products from the Latin American country are “negligible.” Brazil has been temporarily banned from exporting beef and cattle products to the Philippines since last…

The Philippines has no plans to lift the temporary import ban it slapped on Brazilian cattle and beef products in September due to the outbreak of atypical mad cow disease. Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar said his agency is not considering rescinding the import ban on Brazilian beef, a measure…

And he was talking to me about the issue of what he said to me earlier was we have a problem with staff in the butchery service and basically specialist staff who used to come from europe and its a mixture mainly of brexit compounded by covid—i9 and this is causing the issues with pig farming and the front page of the daily mail — daily mirror sorry carrying the story with a picture of a cute of cute pics to bless forget these pigs are actually supposed be butchered for the abattoir but they...

THE Philippines has temporarily banned the importation of beef from the United Kingdom after London confirmed an outbreak of classical mad cow disease, dealing another blow to food manufacturers’ raw material supply. The Department of Agriculture (DA) issued Memorandum Order (MO) 60, dated October 4, authorizing the temporary ban on…