The Cebu City government will still allow the entry of live hogs from duly registered commercial farms as long as they can present the required documents upon entry and inspection. CDNDigital
Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama issued on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, his four-page Executive Order No. 5 series of 2023, which orders the intensified information and education campaign on the nature and effects of the African Swine Fever and promotion of economy and food supply stability and protecting the hog industry in the city.
Moreover, all cooked and/or processed pork products from any zone which has been subjected to a temperature of at least 70 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes, including lechon, chicharon, ham, longganisa, hotdog, and canned meat, among others, are also permitted entry to the city.Dr.
She, however, begged off from naming the barangays in the city where ASF cases were reported to avoid an ASF scare. “The convergence group identified and characterized the City of Cebu as more of a consumer and not a producer in the hog supply chain and backyard hog raising are mostly located in the City’s upland barangays only,” Rosell said reading a portion of the signed EO.Since the detection of ASF case in the city, the DVMF has already culled 12 pigs in the city.
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