To protect its P10-billion hog industry, the Cebu provincial government has indefinitely banned the entry of live pigs, pork and pork-derived products from Panay Island due to the rise in cases of ASF.
But ASF cases in Iloilo had spread to five towns—Santa Barbara, Oton, San Miguel, Alimodian and Leganes—prompting Garcia to extend the ban indefinitely.
Aside from Panay Island, Cebu province also earlier imposed an “indefinite” ban on all pork and its related products from Luzon, Mindanao and Eastern Visayas, where cases of ASF were reported. Cebu, she said, even supplies piglets for repopulation in ASF-infected areas in Luzon, going as far as Ilocos Norte where the hog population declined due to the infection.
Cebu also hosts pork importers and meat processing companies which can supply ham and lechon during the Christmas holidays.For products coming from neighboring Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental, certifications from their provincial veterinary offices would be required before entry to Cebu.
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