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                    [ArticleID] => 460866
                    [Title] => Meat processors hike local sourcing of raw materials
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The Philippine Association of Meat Processors Inc. (PAMPI) will procure more of its meat requirements locally following the seven to 10 percent increase in the cost of carabeef imports.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 279560 [Title] => Searching for agri-competitiveness [Summary] => A visit to a public market will show an abundance of domestic agricultural produce. You can have your pick from vegetables, fruits, to meat products, eggs, and others. There is no lack of things to buy. What you want to buy would be there. Supply is plentiful.

Local farmers are always able to fill the supply side, and can supply more if needed. Affordability of buyers is apparently lacking in the equation of supply and demand.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1325625 [AuthorName] => Franklin M. Panahon [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 268528 [Title] => Carabeef good source of processed meat — study [Summary] => Carabao meat as hamburger, sausage, tocino, and tapa?

Yes, says Florida P. Simo, a graduate (BS in Animal Science) of the Benguet State University (BSU) in La Trinidad, Benguet.

"Carabeef or meat of the carabao is actually a health food," she asserts in her study titled "Carabeef as Processed Product".
[DatePublished] => 2005-02-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 249622 [Title] => Hog producers reject OIE rule on carabeef imports from India [Summary] => Hog producers have rejected the Office Internationale des Epizooties’ (OIE) ruling that it is safe for the Philippines to import buffalo meat from countries like India which has not been declared as free from foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 248589 [Title] => RP allowed to import buffalo meat from India [Summary] => Ther Paris-based international animal health monitoring agency, Office Internationale des Epizooties (OIE) reiterated an earlier statement that it is safe for the Philippines to import buffalo meat from countries like India which has not been declared as  free from foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).

OIE International Trade Department head David Wilson corraborated a previous opinion issued by OIE director general Dr. Bernard Vallat on the issue of importation of buffalo meat from an FMD-infected country.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 237223 [Title] => Buffalo meat, anyone? [Summary] => Unknown to most Filipinos, tens of millions of consumers in more than 50 countries dine on buffalo meat from India everyday. But consumers in the Philippines can’t cook and eat it because the Department of Agriculture won’t let them. Indian buffalo meat is also known as carabeef.

In 1996, the DA suspended the importation of carabeef by meat traders, hotels and restaurants "in view of the representations made by the livestock raisers." The order effectively cut off access by consumers to a cheap source of protein.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1732649 [AuthorName] => Sammy Senoren [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 230424 [Title] => FMD spread from carabeef imports feared [Summary] => ANGELES CITY — Leaders of two of the country’s biggest group of hog raisers have expressed concern over the continuing importation of carabeef from India, which they said could again trigger a massive outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 222304 [Title] => Why carabeef imports hurt [Summary] => The difference of opinion between the National Federation of Hog Farmers Inc. (NFHFI) and the Philippine Association of Meat Processors Inc. (PAMPI) on the question of carabeef (murah bull meat) importation from (foot-and-mouth disease) FMD-risk India continues to boil over.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1665308 [AuthorName] => Ramon Ma. Epino [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 192010 [Title] => Carabeef import ban to raise prices of processed meat products, says study [Summary] => The proposal to ban the importation of carabeef from India will raise domestic prices of beef-carabeef processed meat products and will impact heavily on the herd build-up of the local carabao industry, according to a study conducted by the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) and a research group called Sikap/Strive Foundation.

PCC executive director Libertado C. Cruz said the study indicates that a carabeef import ban will reduce the profitability of corned beef, hotdog, and meat loaf production.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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