Local pork producers on Wednesday expressed their opposition to the aquaculture sector’s request to lift the ban on imported porcine animal protein.
In a joint position paper, National Federation of Hog Famers Inc., Samahan Industriya ng Agrikultura and Pork Producers Federation of the Philippines said lifting the importation ban from countries with cases of African swine fever will certainly “expose the fragile and recovering” swine industry to further threats from contaminated raw materials.
“In fact, the whole local agriculture is impacted by the rising cost of production, brought about by a number of factors—unprecedented fuel price increase[s], ongoing Russian aggression in Ukraine, among others,” the groups added. The DA and the Bureau of Animal Industry issued Memorandum Order No. 06, Series of 2019 which authorized the ban on imports of processed porcine or pork-based meal for use in animal feeds, as well as suspension of the issuance of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Import Clearance for these commodities and calls for seizures of such shipments.
“As a result of the ASF disease outbreaks, thousands of farmers suffered complete losses to their income and livelihood with small hold farmers suffering the most,” the groups added.
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