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European Commission allows the use of certain animal proteins to feed non-ruminant farmed animals such as pigs and poultry.

OIE data show positive samples were found in backyard farms in April.

A total of 22 organizations from 18 Latin American countries have formed a continent-wide committee to prevent the entry of African swine fever into the region.

The authorities are going to intervene in the backyard farms in these provinces to prevent further spread of the disease.

Following the confirmation of African swine fever (ASF) positive pigs in the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Colombia have taken extreme sanitary measures to prevent the introduction of this serious disease.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory has confirmed African swine fever (ASF) in samples collected from pigs in the Dominican Republic through an existing cooperative surveillance program.

Since last May, Chinese imports of pork and offal have been below the values of the same month of the previous year.

The number of organic pigs increased by 36% between 2010 and 2020 and represents just under 1% of the total pig inventory.

The Department of Agriculture has allocated PHP41.6 million for 18 localities and the province of Pangasinan that were affected by ASF.

The export value of pig meat in the first four months of 2021 was up 10% from last year.