Gwen extends ban on Luzon-sourced pork products to June 2020

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CEBU CITY, Philippines —— The prohibition against the entry, sales and display of pork products from Luzon and countries with reported cases of the African Swine Fever (ASF) is far from

Governor Gwendolyn Garcia announced today, November 4, 2019, her decision to extend the ban until June 30, 2020.

“It does not elate me to state that because of all that we are now seeing in Luzon where the ASF virus is obviously not contained and in fact is spreading in alarming proportions.

Garcia also defied the memorandum issued by the Department of Interior and Local Government in October telling the 56 Local Government Units in the country to already lift the prohibition which they ordered against pork products from Luzon.The recent announcement of the Bureau of Animal Industry that at least three Luzon-brand pork products were tested positive of the ASF virus made Garcia insist on the imposition of the ban.

 

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