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The Department of Agriculture has revived the price and volume watch panel and advisory groups for livestock and poultry.

As meat processors push to retain the low tariff rate on imported mechanically deboned meat of chicken and turkey, local producers said this should only be temporary and should revert back to 40 percent.

Meat importers call for easing of poultry bans Catherine Talavera © STAR/ File Meat importers call for easing of poultry bans MANILA, Philippines — Meat importers are urging the government to ease bans on the importation of poultry products by implementing zonal bans instead of country-wide restrictions due to the tightening supply of poultry. In a letter to Agriculture Secretary William Dar, the Meat Importers and Traders Association (MITA) said the supply situation of poultry products has become very tight due to the numerous importation bans in countries with reported ...

Hog traders on top of DTI’s list in pork price manipulation probe enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 10) — Hog traders will be the first to be investigated by authorities as they hunt down those behind the suspected pork price and supply manipulation in Metro Manila. Department of Agriculture spokesman Noel Reyes said Wednesday that the newly created Economic Intelligence Task Force has drawn up a list of groups who will be made to explain the elevated retail price of fresh pork, which reached ₱400 per kilogram in January. “Ang una ‘yung trade...