China halts imports of New Zealand meat
By Nick Perry
Hundreds of tons of frozen mutton, lamb and beef from New Zealand have been stranded on Chinese docks after China halted imports from the country due to a certification dispute.
Hundreds of tons of frozen mutton, lamb and beef from New Zealand have been stranded on Chinese docks after China halted imports from the country due to a certification dispute.
Prices of pork and poultry will not go up in spite of a new Department of Agriculture (DA) order that seeks to curb the smuggling of meat by fly-by-night operators, two associations of local meat producers said on Saturday.
Brace for higher meat prices, thanks to the limits on meat importation imposed by the Department of Agriculture (DA), an industry group has warned.
Police on Friday arrested two persons allegedly involved in the illegal dog meat trade, which has remained rampant in northern Luzon provinces.
Unlike Europeans, South Africans do not unwittingly eat horse in their beef burgers and sausages, but they do eat donkey, water buffalo and goat according to a study by the Stellenbosch University.
Hogs and poultry raisers on Saturday welcomed the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) move to put restrictions on imported meat products for American troops’ use in the Philippines.
Lawmakers are concerned that Filipinos are eating more meat and chicken and less fruits and vegetables based on a government study covering 30 years.
Just less than two weeks before families sit down to noche buena or the Christmas Eve feast, the Malabon government has tightened its watch against botcha or “hot” meat to prevent it from being sold in the city.
Despite the rising cost of meat and poultry as Christmas approaches, Paco Public Market has kept its prices stable, according to a report on Radyo INQUIRER 990AM Wednesday.
On October 1, expect lunch around the world to be a gastronomical Earth Hour.
Hog growers welcomed the Bureau of Customs’ move suspending the accreditation of two meat importers, who were found to have violated the government’s requirements on cold storage and warehouse facilities for their commodities.
Local hog and poultry industry leaders have asked Congress to tighten government controls over the importation of offal (innards and low-grade meat parts) by imposing a 35-percent tariff on these products to curb meat smuggling.
Hog raisers in the country have urged the Senate committee on agriculture and food to investigate the rampant smuggling of meat into the country to prosecute the people behind the illegal activity that has been hurting the local meat industry.
