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Philippines tightens animal, food quarantine measures amid swine fever scare

Published 08/23/2019, 05:51 PM
Updated 08/23/2019, 06:00 PM
Philippines tightens animal, food quarantine measures amid swine fever scare

MANILA, Aug 23 (Reuters) -
* The Philippines' Department of Agriculture (DA) said on
Friday
it has banned the transport of live animals, meat products and
by-products without a Veterinary Health Certificate from a
licensed veterinarian and a relevant shipping permit from the
Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI)
* Agriculture Secretary William Dar, the DA also said, has
issued
an order directing all provincial and city veterinary and
agricultural offices across the country to enforce food safety
measures and observe quarantine procedures
* The order followed a DA announcement on Monday that a
crisis
management team had been set up to determine if deadly African
swine fever has reached the Philippines after officials detected
a rise in pig deaths in backyard farms
* Dar has sought further laboratory tests to confirm any
outbreak
of African swine fever in the country, and he said the results
could come out in two weeks at the earliest
* The Southeast Asian nation last year put safeguards in
place to
protect its $5 billion a year hog industry from the highly
contagious disease, for which there is no cure and no vaccine;
the disease is nearly 100% fatal in pigs but it harmless to
people
* The safeguards include a ban on imports of pork and
pork-based
products from more than a dozen countries hit by African swine
fever, including China.
* The DA also ordered checkpoints set up at the entry and
exit
points of all provinces to closely monitor the transport of live
animals, especially pigs, and meat products
* Animals brought to slaughterhouses will be checked by BAI
personnel for fever and other signs of any disease, it said in a
statement


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