NO ENTRY. Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Trenas on Thursday (Aug. 11, 2022) issued Executive Order 43 extending the temporary ban on the entry of live poultry and/or non-poultry, poultry products, and by-products from areas affected by avian influenza in Luzon and Mindanao. The mayor cited the need to protect the city's poultry industry and the consumers.(PNA file photo) ILOILO CITY - Iloilo City on Thursday declared an indefinite ban on all live birds, chicken, poultry products, and by-products from areas in Luzon and Mindanao where there is still a bird flu outbreak. "The continuing avian influenza outbreak from Luzon and Mindanao and the reported cases prevalent to the regions situated thereto call for the continued implementation of the temporary ban on entry of related products, which may endanger not only our local poultry industry but also for the unknown risks that this outbreak may cause to the consuming public," according to Executive Order 43 released by Iloilo Cit
INTERVENTION.The United Poultry Association meets with Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Trenas to express their concern on the bird flu outbreak and for the city government to make the proper intervention on Wednesday (July 6). The city government issued Executive Order number 05 on July 6, 2022 prohibiting the entry of all live birds poultry and by products from avian flu-affected areas as pre-emptive measure.(Photo by Arnold Almacen/Iloilo City Mayor's Office) ILOILO CITY -All live birds, chicken, and by-products from areas in Luzon and Mindanao, where there is an outbreak of avian influenza, are prohibited from entering the city within 30 days since July 7, 2022. Department of Agriculture (DA) Regulatory Division chief and focal person for the Western Visayas Inter-Agency Task Force for Animal Diseases Dr. Jonic Natividad, in an interview on Friday, said the move is just a pre-emptive measure on the part of Iloilo City, which is the center of trade in Western Visayas. "It is to a