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                    [Title] => DA lifts import ban on Japanese poultry
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) has lifted the temporary ban on the importation of poultry, poultry products and wild birds from Taragi-machi, Kumamoto, Japan after the outbreak of bird flu in the area has been resolved.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 875959 [Title] => Department of Agriculture lifts ban on Taiwan poultry [Summary] =>

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has lifted the temporary ban on the importation of poultry and other poultry products from Taiwan after global animal health authorities confirmed that Taiwan is now free from bird flu contamination

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 39637 [Title] => DA lifts import ban on Nebraska poultry, birds [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-01-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 383987 [Title] => RP to export pork to Singapore [Summary] => The Philippines will be ready to start exporting pork products to Singapore by July this year, according to Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap said yesterday.

In an interview with The STAR, Yap said two Mindanao-based meat processors Matutom Packaging and Nenita’s have shown that they are capable of exporting pork products and they can start by June or July this year.

Singapore is beginning to source some of its pork requirements from the Philippines because of the country’s FMD (foot and mouth disease)- free status.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 294627 [Title] => RP ice cream banned in Australia [Summary] => Australia has banned the importation of ice cream products made by Selecta Dairy Products Inc., pointing out that the ban will only be lifted if the Philippines is declared free from foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).

The ban is another blow to the Philippine livestock sector’s attempt to enter the billion-dollar export trade because of its difficulty to get rid of FMD.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 291453 [Title] => RP seeks exemption from Japan ban on importation of chicken [Summary] => The Department of Agriculture (DA) is seeking exemption from the 90-day temporary ban by Japan of its chicken imports from the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 290448 [Title] => Japan rejects RP request for resumption of chicken exports [Summary] => It will take awhile for the Philippines to resume its chicken exports to Japan which has thumbed down the appeal of the local broiler industry despite findings that the country is not afflicted with the deadly highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) or bird flu strain that devastated billion-dollar poultry farms across Asia in 2004.

Koji Sasaki, Japan’s health attache in Manila said Japan’s agriculture ministry has informed the Philippines that it would not import any poultry or poultry products from the country anytime soon.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 243398 [Title] => Food processors reduce operations due to lack of pork supply [Summary] => Several food processor belonging to the Philippine Association of Meat Processors Inc. have downscaled their operations since January because of severe shortage and high cost of pork needed in their meat processing lines.

According to Francisco Buencamino Jr., executive director of the P40 billion a year meat processing industry which directly benefits 30,000 employees, said a lot of PAMPI members have reduced their operations by one shift because they find difficulty sourcing their raw materials, particularly pork, from local hog raisers.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1720791 [AuthorName] => Rose de la Cruz [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 218949 [Title] => Senate panel’s move on meat imports bill hailed [Summary] => The Consumers Union of the Philippines (CUP) has lauded Sen. Ramon Magsaysay Jr., chairman of the Senate committee on agriculture, in shelving for further study a bill which limits meat imports from selective countries.

In a letter to Magsaysay, CUP president Quirino Marquinez said it has consistently opposed since 2001 a twin House bill that was passed recently because it might hike the prices of processed meat since the only remaining source of imported meat would be Australia.
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 178900 [Title] => DA set to launch program to weed out hog cholera [Summary] => The Department of Agriculture (DA) is implementing a P500-million 10-year program to eliminate hog cholera in the country.

Agriculture Secretary Leonardo Montemayor said the program, to be launched next year, is intended to curb huge losses brought about by the fatal disease that plagues swine farms.

Last year, opportunity losses resulting from the cholera infestation in hog farms nationwide totaled P1.76 billion.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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