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Camiguin confirms ASF cases, bans entry of pork products

(PNA file photo) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The province of Camiguin has imposed a temporary ban on pork meat and by-products from outside the island after the Department of Agriculture-Northern Mindanao (DA-10) confirmed cases of African swine fever (ASF). The announcement of Governor Xavier Jesus Romualdo released late Saturday likewise asked hog raisers not to engage in swill feeding or the feeding of food scraps and adopt appropriate biosecurity measures. "The public is likewise advised that the slaughter of pigs outside of the municipal slaughterhouses is a criminal offense punished under Republic Act 9296, otherwise known as the Meat Inspection Code of the Philippines, as amended by RA No. 10536," the announcement read. Under the said law, selling, transporting, and offering or receiving for sale or transportation in commerce of illegally slaughtered pork are criminal offenses. Illegally slaughtered pork will be subject to confiscation. In an advisory signed by DA-10 Executive Director Carlene Collado, blood specimens submitted by the Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) were subjected to laboratory tests by the Regional Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (RADDL-10). After receiving reports of 14 pig deaths in Pandan, Mambajao, the PVO conducted an initial disease outbreak investigation on June 22. On June 30, eight of 18 swine blood samples sent to RADDL tested positive for ASF. After receiving the RADDL results, the municipal government of Mambajao and the provincial government proceeded to depopulate infected premises and all backyard pig farms within 500 meters of the infected premises. The movement and transport of pigs outside of Pandan have also been prohibited. Romualdo urged hog raisers in the province in areas with no confirmed ASF cases so far to obtain livestock insurance from the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation. "We call on the public not to panic and engage in the spreading of unverified, misleading, or false information. With ASF now in the province, the swift and immediate containment of the disease is the prime objective of the provincial and municipal governments," he said in his announcement. (With a report from Franck Dick Rosete/PNA) }

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DA-10 steps in to prevent onion price hike

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The Department of Agriculture-Northern Mindanao (Region 10) on Tuesday introduced technology and researched-based interventions for farmers to prevent the recurring increase of bulb onions here. In a statement, DA-10 Technical Director Carlota Madriaga said the interventions involve supporting the farmers' cooperatives, procuring seeds to farmers, conducting trials in research centers for bulb onion production, coordinating with regions through the Agriculture Marketing and Assistance Division (AMAD), consistently issuing import permits from the National Plant Quarantine Services Division (NPQSD), and advising the public to practice the urban container household gardening. Madriaga said the bulb onion price hike during the holidays in 2021 was "artificial" due to the low importation of the commodity. She said though provinces in Luzon have stocks of imported produce, supply was still insufficient given the demand during the Christmas season. Madriaga clarified the increase was only temporary and that the DA-10 is seeing decreased prices of the product in public markets in the city at an average of PHP200 per kilo. As of Tuesday, the NPQSD reported having inspected 500 metric tons of bulb onions at the Mindanao Container Terminal in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental, ready for release along with 52 containers of bulb onion from Davao. Last week, Manuel Barradas, regional manager of the BPI-10, said in an interview this batch of onions arrived on January 3. "As per inward cargo manifest, there was an arrival of 20 containers of red onions from India and the Netherlands estimated 500 metric tons on Jan. 3," he said. Barradas said last week that with the arrival of onion imports, market prices of the produce were expected to go down based on the law of supply and demand. DA-10 executive director Carlene Collado earlier said the containers were supposed to arrive between December 15 and 21 but was delayed due to an apparent difficulty in booking container vans that would carry them. "The prices of red onion have started to increase starting December 23, 2021, from PHP170-280 per kilogram, to PHP300-350 per kilogram with less supply in the market due to the non-arrival of imported onions," he said. At a market stall in this city's central market, the Cogon Market, a kilogram of local onions costs PHP350 to P380, while imported onions cost PHP280 per kilo, and PHP80 per kilo for white onions. In Iligan City, the average per kilogram price of red onions was at PHP350 as well. In some parts of Bukidnon, the agriculture center of Mindanao, the prices soared at PHP450 a kilo. (PNA) }

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