Pagbabantay sa mga border control at meat establishment, pinaigting pa para mapigilan ang pagkalat ng ASF

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00:00The National Meat Inspection Service has stricter regulations on the protection of pork meat.

00:04This is because the meat with African swine fever is not safe to consume.

00:08Bien won the battle live, Bien.

00:14The Department of Agriculture and National Meat Inspection Service has stricter regulations

00:19on the protection of border control and meat establishments

00:22to prevent the spread of African swine fever.

00:26Yesterday, mass testing was conducted on pigs in Lubo, Batangas.

00:31The Department of Agriculture confirmed that 11 pigs were positive for African swine fever

00:36when they were caught at a checkpoint in Malanday, Valenzuela.

00:40The pigs were immediately killed and transported to the Central Boreal Site

00:45which is part of the Disease Containment Measures.

00:48The Bureau of Animal Industry also obtained a blood sample

00:51of the pigs that were caught in a truck on Mindanao Avenue that was suspected to have ASF.

00:58According to the Department of Agriculture,

01:00147 pigs were confirmed positive for ASF in Lungsod, Quezon.

01:08Because of this, the NMIS also ordered the maintenance of meat establishments

01:13to ensure that the meat is in good condition.

01:17According to statistics, five trucks have already been caught by the DA

01:21at the checkpoints in Metro Manila in the past few days.

01:25The Philippine National Police is also involved in monitoring the checkpoints.

01:30The DA is also helping the local governments.

01:34This is a reminder from the Department of Agriculture to the public

01:39to take a good look if they have NMIS

01:41to ensure that the pigs you buy are safe from African Swine Fever.

01:48And that is the update. Back to you, Diana.

01:51Thank you very much, BN Manalo.