BORDER MONITORING Local governments secure their borders and tighten monitoring of shipments of live hogs and pork products to prevent the spread of African swine fever. File Photo
CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan — Officials in this province have been monitoring local hog farms after a case of African swine fever (ASF) in Sta. Maria town caused Aurora province to ban pork from Bulacan.
Governor Daniel Fernando ordered on Sept. 1 a strict monitoring of farms as he assured the public that the meat products from Bulacan remained safe for consumption.
The governor dismissed reports that ASF had wreaked havoc on the local hog industry, noting that the ASF infection in Sta. Maria had been isolated and was under control.
Dr. Voltaire Basinang, provincial veterinarian, said they detected no other ASF cases in Bulacan, and several hog farms had reopened since the first case in 2019.
Aurora on Tuesday issued a ban on the entry of live swine and pork products from provinces with cases of ASF.
Basinang said such a ban would not affect Bulacan’s hog raisers because local hog raisers are supplying live swine and pork products to Metro Manila and Bulacan-based customers. INQ
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