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Department of Agriculture (MANILA BULLETIN) “We thank the Senate for pushing for the declaration of the state of calamity and for working the reduction of the MAV [minimum access volume] allocation on pork. Again, another moral victory for the local hog industry and the agriculture sector in general,” said Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) Chair Rosendo So. It was in March when the Department of Agriculture (DA), upon the recommendation of the Senate, submitted to Malacañang a draft proclamation that seeks to put the entire Philippines in a state of emergency due to ASF outbreak...

Published May 7, 2021, 4:10 PM The Department of Agriculture (DA) will increase monitoring of pork imports coming into the country to prevent the entry of new African Swine Fever (ASF) variants that have started to cause problems in the hog sector of China, the world’s largest pork-producing country. In a text exchange, Agriculture Secretary William Dar said there is a “need double our efforts for our monitoring and surveillance much more on smuggled pork and pork products”. “We have strengthened our first border inspection and we will increase our monitoring and surveillance system,�...

             In a text exchange, Pork Producers Federation of the Philippines Inc. (ProPork) President Edwin Chen said the Philippine government is not capable to prevent new ASF variants that were recently detected in China, which could cause more harm to the already severely battered local hog industry.              “Time and time again we saw Yorme [Mayor Isko Moreno] apprehending smuggled meats in Manila. These meats can come from China and we know China has an ongoing outbreak of ASF variant strains,” Chen said.            A customer pays for pork at...

Published March 9, 2021, 6:47 PM Senator Cynthia A. Villar and local hog raisers on Tuesday questioned the plan of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to import 400,000 metric tons of pork. This, as Villar, chairwoman of the Senate agriculture and food committee, criticized the DA for recommending to President Duterte that the DA be allowed to import 400,000 metric tons of pork this year. During her public hearing, Villar cited a press statement released by Malacanang quoting President Duterte that the actual pork shortage is 84,000 metric tons. In that same hearing, Rosendo So, president o...