ILOILO CITY, Oct. 29 (PIA) – The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Western Visayas encouraged hog raisers in the region to be more aggressive in protecting the local industry against the African swine fever (ASF) disease.
In a media release, Dr. Jonic F. Natividad, DA Regulatory Division Chief, said that hog raisers can protect the local industry here by employing improved bio-security measures and becoming more vigilant of online sellers offering cheap meat products including ham, sausages, and tocino.
“Every local government unit in the region shall identify, support, and protect all pig farms from the backyard to commercial scale in their areas against ASF,” he said.
Natividad also said that the public should report any suspected animal mortality in their respective areas.
Meanwhile, based on the latest National Movement and Zoning Plan for ASF issued by the Bureau of Animal Industry, Region 6 remains free from ASF.
Western Visayas is also considered as one of the leading exporting regions of hogs to Luzon provinces.
DA-6 regional director Remelyn Recoter said that the farmers here have improved their income as they ship their surplus production to ASF red zone areas where the price of pork and pork products continue to escalate,
Earlier this year, Recoter had already instructed the LGUs to impose stricter measures to avoid entry of smuggled pork and pork products from areas with confirmed outbreaks.
Thde agency has also reactivated their Incident Command System to safeguard the entry points, both in airports and seaports, and to carry out proper disposal of confiscated or intercepted products. (JSC/LTP/DA6/PIA6 Iloilo)
source https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1057340
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