The Department of Agriculture's new accreditation requirements for meat importers will not affect the supply or the prices of meat in the domestic market, the Pork Producers Federation of the Philippines (Propork) said Sunday (5 May).

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The increased demand due to the ongoing campaign period is partly to blame for the recent rise in prices of pork, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Tuesday (30 April).

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Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala joined with swine industry leaders during the 22nd Hog Convention and Trade Exhibits, at Manila Jockey Club, in Carmona, Cavite.

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The Philippine Department of Science and Technology (DOST) provincial office is to conduct skills training for small enterprise meat processors.

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High pork prices are being experienced in Western Visayas due to a low supply of pork.

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High feed prices have turned many local backyard pig farmers, who accounted for 80-89 per cent, away from production, reports the Daily Star.

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Chicken production and duck production went up by 4.61 per cent and 2.08 per cent respectively. the Filipino duck inventory went up because of favourable weather conditions and sufficient water supply.

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The Filipino Department of Agriculture (DA) is eyeing new overseas markets for livestock and poultry products to prepare the country’s farm sector ahead of the removal of trade barriers under the Asean Free Trade Agreement (AFTA). Asean is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

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A proposed P 2.32 billion (€42.2 mln) livestock project by Charoen Pokphand Food (CP) in the Philippines may not receive the expected tax incentives in order to appease local producers.

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The Philippines can become competitive in exporting livestock and poultry, especially with the elimination of tariffs on most farm goods traded within the ASEAN region once the region is integrated into a single market in 2015, the Department of Agriculture said.

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he Department of Agriculture (DA) has temporarily suspended the importation of poultry and other poultry products from Germany, because of the occurrence of an outbreak of two separate strings of avian influenza.

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The United Broiler Raisers Association (UBRA) is bent on filing a case against the directors of the Board of Investments for the perks given to Thai food firm, Charoen Pokphand Foods Corp.

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Members of the Indian River (IR) Association recently gathered in Manila, Philippines, to talk about country progress, demand for IR birds and best practise husbandry.

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The Department of Agriculture (DA) has suspended anew the importation of poultry and other poultry products from Taiwan, because of the reoccurrence of an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI).

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The Bureau of Customs on Tuesday destroyed some P40 million worth of frozen poultry from China that was intercepted in the Philippines last October.

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Senator Franklin M. Drilon and Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala recently inaugurated an upgraded P83-million ‘double-A’ abattoir or slaughterhouse in Iloilo that will pave the way to transforming the province and Western Visayas into a major livestock producer and source of quality meat and meat products.

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Meat traders said Tuesday the implementation of a new meat import policy that imposes double standards on frozen and fresh meats affected their profit margins in 2012.

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Meat traders said Tuesday the implementation of a new meat import policy that imposes double standards on frozen and fresh meats affected their profit margins in 2012.

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It is believed that in the second quarter of 2013, the Philippines will face a pork shortage due to big distributors currently hoarding corn.

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The Philippine Department of Agriculture is urging farmers to start exporting choice chicken cuts to South Korea, after the country approved the Philippines’ request to export frozen chicken parts to Seoul.

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It is believed that in the second quarter of 2013, the Philippines will face a pork shortage due to big distributors currently hoarding corn.

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The Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) through its Nutrition Communication Network (Nutricomnet) is promoting meats and poultry to be included in meals.

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Speaking before the stakeholders from both the public and private sectors, Agusan del Sur Provincial Statistics Officer Jesus Apellado said the objective of the census is to determine the structural characteristics of agriculture and fisheries sectors.

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Agri Pinoy Livestock Program Regional Coordinator Dr John B. Pascual said backyard swine raising and meat processing can help earn money.

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Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon ordered the suspension of the accreditation of two meat importers after it found out that they were not complying with the agency’s requirements for cold storage and warehouse facilities.

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The Philippines imposed a ban on poultry items from the Netherlands due to an outbreak of low pathogenic avian influenza in the country, according to news reports.

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Poultry production in the Philippines grew by 5.5% in value for the first six months of 2012 when compared with January to June 2011.

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The Department of Agriculture Regional Field Unit (DA-RFU) Agri-Pinoy Livestock Division, in partnership with Kalinga, will be conducting basic meat-processing training from 15 to 16 August in Kalinga.

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According to a report in the Manilla Standard, the growers are culling the birds early to cut down on production costs.

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Philippine pig and poultry producers rallied behind Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala, who called on the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and Department of Finance (DOF) for transparency in inspecting imported agricultural products.

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Philippine pig and poultry producers rallied behind Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala, who called on the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and Department of Finance (DOF) for transparency in inspecting imported agricultural products.

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Hog raisers are planning to question the implementation of a directive from the Department of Agriculture that stops traders from selling the meat eight hours after the animal is slaughtered.

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Dr John Pascual, DA-12’s Agri-Pinoy livestock program coordinator, in the activity briefer sent to Philippine Information Agency 12 said, the two-day congress that starts today, 6 June, will be attended by representatives from hog, poultry, dairy/cattle and small ruminant sectors, feed millers, local government officials and the academe.

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Pig farmers and others of the Philippine agricultural producers coalition are growing more vocal in their criticism of the Philippine government’s inability to crackdown on the rampant smuggling that is hurting their business, the Manila Standard Today reports.

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Two agriculture processing projects worth a total of P101.9 million have been awarded tax breaks, the Board of Investments (BoI) said in a statement yesterday.

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The Philippine government's inability to curb smuggling of food products has angered food producers leading to a growing alliance between swine, poultry, fish, onion, and rice producers.

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AGAP party-list Rep. Nicanor Briones, who also represents the SDC, said they are giving Customs Commissioner Rufino Biazon two weeks to act on their concerns.

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Topigs Philippines and QJJ Group build genetics base

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According to The Manila Times.net, Rosendo So, chairman of Abono party-land convenor of the Swine Development Council also belied allegation that the sector is out to blackmail the government for threatening to hold a five-day pork holiday if it does not make good of its commitment to address the problem of rampant smuggling of meat.

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Hog raisers assure that there is adequate supply of pork in the market despite earlier statements made by food processors that a planned pork holiday is being used to mask a short supply situation.

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“The issue of pork has been hogging the headlines.

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The leaders are AGAP party-list Rep. Nicanor Briones; ABONO party-list chairman Rosendo So; Edwin G. Chen, president, Pork Producers Federation of the Philippines, Inc.; Daniel Javellana Jr., chairman, National Federation of Hog Farmers, Inc.; Gregorio San Diego Jr., president, United Broilers Raisers Association; and Ernesto Ordonez, chairman, Alyansa Agrikultura.

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NMIS head Jane Bacayo cited reports that some of the meat may not have been handled properly while being brought to the Philippines, radio dzBB's Allan Gatus reported.

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Another batch of 30 butchers from this city will fly to Australia, where employment awaits.

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Philippine poultry and pork producers are planning to strike to show their discontent with the government’s inability to crack down on illegal, smuggled meat imports.

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The Philippines Department of Agriculture has lifted a ban imposed on poultry meat, day old chicks, eggs and semen from Australia.

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Over 1,000 PIC breeding pigs head for San Miguel Foods

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The Philippines has suspended imports of Taiwanese poultry and related products because of recent reports of the presence of avian influenza at chicken farms in Taiwan.

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According to a report of radio dzBB's Allan Gatus on Monday, Mr Alcala ordered the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) to check markets for smuggled meat.

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A team of Philippine high school students is to enter a robot that can detect double dead meat - or "botcha" - in an international competition.

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The United States and the Philippines last week reached an agreement that resolves many of the long-standing trade issues between the two countries, according to the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC). In November 2010, the Philippine Department of Agriculture passed an administrative order providing strict mandates on refrigeration, traceability, labeling and packaging requirements for frozen pork. These changes favored domestic pork production and had a dramatic impact on U.S. pork exports to that country in 2011.

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Bounty Fresh, the second largest poultry producer in the Philippines and winner of several prestigious national awards in the poultry industry, has signed an agreement to be an Indian River Grandparent customer in February, 2012.

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Chefs Introduced to US Beef, Pork, LambChuck roll. Boston butt. Top sirloin. Kurobuta pork loin. Lamb loin chops. Bone-in beef short ribs. Even the all-American hot dog. The agenda for the 33 chefs, restaurant owners and importers from the Philippines at the recent two-day US Meat Export Federation (USMEF) US Meat Culinary Training Camp was a meaty one, to say the least.

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The National Meat Inspection Services (NMIS) region 2 has tied up with some local government units (LGUs) to implement slaughterhouse upgrading and meat establishments improvement program.

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A P165 million meat processing plant is to be built in the agricultural town of Ilocos Sur on the Philippines.

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Barely two years after signing their 6-year Supply Partnership Agreement, San Miguel Foods, Inc. (SMFI) and PIC Philippines have inked a second genetic supply contract. The new agreement, to stock and maintain a new 2,500 sow GP unit growing to 5,000 sows, reflects SMFI’s increasing requirement for PIC’s healthy, superior breeding stock to produce quality pork for the Monterey meatshops.

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The increasing demand of restaurants serving yakitori chicken in other countries outside of Japan will boost the shipments of poultry integrator San Miguel Foods Philippines Inc. (SMFI)-Poultry of the product by 50 per cent in 2012, an official of the company said.

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More than 200 kilos of Peking duck and assorted poultry and pork products from China were confiscated by the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) from a storage facility in Barangay San Rafael, Navotas on Wednesday.

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In Taguing, Philippines, officials seized 400 kilos of ‘hot meat’. Authorities believe that some meat were imported.

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Edwin Chen, president of the Pork Producers Association of the Philippines, said it is about time for hog raisers to “change the game” and involve themselves in the downstream markets to ensure profit despite the lower farm gate prices of pork.

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