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Shipments of live hogs and frozen carcass or “pork-in-a-box” from Visayas and Mindanao (Vis-Min) to Luzon, which have started since May, now total close to 100,000 hogs.
Weekly shipments will be increased, ranging from 27,000 to 30,000 head of hogs, coming from the main ports in Davao, General Santos (GenSan) and Cagayan de Oro (CDO), commencing next week up to December this year, said Agriculture Secretary William Dar.
Secretary Dar said the concerted effort will greatly boost the dwindling supply of pork in Luzon due to the depopulation of hog farms infected with African swine fever (ASF).
Further, the DA chief said the suggested retail price for pork and other pork products is currently being reviewed. As of now, he said, prices of pork in selected supermarkets are much lower than in wet markets in Metro Manila.
He has tasked DA Undersecretary for Consumer Affairs Ernesto Gonzales to oversee this undertaking with the assistance of the DA Vis-Min regional directors, officials of the Bureau of Animal Industry, and National Meat Inspection Service, and major hog producers.
October 28, 2020/ Department of Agriculture/ Philippines.
https://www.da.gov.ph
