Philippines bans pig products from S’pore following African swine fever detection


The ban includes those carried by hand – with pork, pig skin, and pig semen cited as examples. - Reuters

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Travellers to the Philippines carrying pig products from Singapore will have their items confiscated, after a temporary ban imposed by the country’s Department of Agriculture on Monday (March 6) following the detection of African swine fever here.

Although the Republic is not an accredited exporter of porcine products to the Philippines, the ban includes those carried by hand – with pork, pig skin, and pig semen cited as examples.

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