The Philippines has temporarily banned the importation of live cattle and buffalo from Japan following an outbreak of lumpy skin disease (LSD). The ban aims to protect the local livestock population from the virus.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has temporarily banned the importation of live cattle and buffalo from Japan due to an outbreak of lumpy skin disease (LSD). Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. signed Memorandum Order (MO) 57, implementing the ban to prevent the LSD virus from entering the country and safeguard the health of the local cattle and water buffalo population.
The DA took this action following confirmation by the National Institute of Animal Health (NIAH) National Agriculture and Food Research Organization of an LSD outbreak in Maebaru, Fukuoka, Japan, on November 5th, affecting domestic cattle. This order restricts the entry of live bovines and water buffaloes, including semen and embryos. However, certain byproducts are permitted under specific conditions. Skeletal muscle meat, casings, gelatin, and collagen, tallow, hooves, and horns are considered 'safe commodities' and are not included in the temporary restriction. Milk and milk products are allowed with additional attestation in the international veterinary certificate confirming pasteurization. Meal and flour made from blood, meat (excluding skeletal muscle), or bones from bovines and water buffaloes are also permitted, but with attestation that they were processed using heat treatment and precautions were taken afterward. Hides of bovines and water buffaloes can enter the Philippines, but with additional certification from the exporting country's veterinary authority verifying that the products were dry-salted or wet-salted for at least 14 days before dispatch; treated for at least seven days in salt with the addition of 2 percent sodium carbonate; or dried for at least 42 days at a temperature of at least 20 degrees Celsius
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