Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sat, 11 May 2019 02:32:14 +0000
A case of African swine fever has been detected in a Hong Kong slaughterhouse, prompting the culling of all 6,000 pigs at the facility.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 02:14:22 +0000
The Department of Agriculture is strengthening its watch against the threat of African Swine Fever (ASF) entering the country.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 02:14:22 +0000
The Department of Agriculture is strengthening its watch against the threat of African Swine Fever (ASF) entering the country.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 21:11:45 +0000
Extra vigilance was needed to keep pork contaminated by African swine fever (ASF) from entering the country as only one ASF case could wipe out small backyard raisers, which make up 65 percent of the country’s pork industry, according to an agricultural group. Abono party-list chair Rosendo So, in a statement, said an interagency system […]
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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 08:32:28 +0000
Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol on Sunday has ordered a temporary ban on pork coming from Vietnam amid reports that pork samples from that country tested positive for African Swine Fever (ASF).
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Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 08:45:38 +0000
TOKYO — African swine fever (ASF), an infectious livestock disease that affects pigs and other animals, is increasingly likely to spread throughout Japan, prompting the agriculture ministry to strengthen quarantine efforts at airports and ports. ASF has been found in 48 countries. Seven cases have been confirmed in Japan from October of last year through January […]
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 21:30:43 +0000
Despite an order from the Department of Agriculture (DA) banning the entry of pork and pork products from countries affected by African swine fever (ASF), an industry group said more than a million kilos of pork meat from Belgium still managed to enter the country.
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 10:34:05 +0000
THE Bureau of Customs (BoC) alerted all its ports nationwide against the entry of pork and meat products that came from countries where there was an outbreak of African swine fever…READ
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 01:21:36 +0000
MANILA, Philippines —Due to its failure to follow protocols to prevent the entry of pork products from areas affected by the African Swine Fever (ASF), Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol announced that he will relieve the entire Quarantine Group of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) effective 5 p.m. this Friday, Jan. 4.
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A Romanian minister apologized Thursday for having compared the incineration of dead pigs infected with African-swine-fever to the Auschwitz concentration camp.
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