SINAG wants ban on processed meat products from Luzon to stay

Local groups like the Samahang Industrya ng Agrikultura oppose the order of Interior and Local Secretary Eduardo Año to exclude processed meat from the ban which Local Government Units in the Visayas and Mindanao have imposed on pork and porks products from Luzon. | INQUIRER.NET Photo

SINAG Chairman Rosendo So issued the statement following the order of Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año directing Local Government Units to exclude processed pork products from Luzon from the ban. The DILG director issued the circular following a strong lobby by the Philippine Association of Meat Processors against the ban imposed by LGUs that is said to be hurting the industry and may even result to a shortage of supply in the Visayas and Mindanao.

So said that “there have been several incidences that confirmed the contamination of processed pork .”asked PAMPI president Felix Tiukinhoy Jr. if he could guarantee that their processed meat products have not been infected with the ASF virus. “Millions of backyard hog raisers, rice growers, corn farmers, coconut tillers and sugar workers, viajeros, market vendors, sales agents and workers across the veterinary and feed milling industry rely on the hog industry,” So said.

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