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CEBU CITY – Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia issued an order limiting the entry of recreation fowls and pet birds with out documentation as a part of the provincial authorities’s effort to forestall Avian Influenza (AI) from infecting the native poultry trade.
The provincial capitol issued Executive Order No. 26, which took impact on Tuesday, limiting additionally stay birds, together with day-old chicks, pullets, geese, quails, and pigeons from Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, and different nations affected by AI.
The order got here to guard Cebu province’s PHP12 billion poultry trade from AI following the Department of Agriculture’s affirmation of an outbreak in March 2022.
In the EO, Garcia required house owners to submit a veterinary well being certificates, veterinary transport allow, AI damaging end result via reverse transcription polymerase chain response (RT-PCR) check, and “no AI infection” certification to be issued by the province or space of origin.
Those who will usher in wild birds can be required to submit an area transport allow from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
Garcia, nonetheless, stated transport of home poultry merchandise into the province is allowed however the shipper must current a meat inspection certificates from the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) and a veterinary transport allow.
Imported poultry meat is allowed if the shipper can present a certificates of meat inspection (COMI) from the NMIS, whereas processed and canned poultry merchandise are required to have a license to function and certificates of product registration from the Food and Drug Administration.
The EO stated desk eggs, salted eggs, and quail eggs have to be accompanied by a veterinary well being certificates and a damaging AI check via RT-PCR.
Game fowl house owners who’re bringing in embryonated eggs and hatching eggs should current the identical certification, transport allow, and a certification of Ultraviolet Light Disinfection from a veterinary quarantine officer on the port of departure and AI damaging results of RT-PCR check.
“Imported live birds from AI-free countries with Cebu as their final destination may be allowed entry provided they are accompanied by the necessary documents, including SPS (sanitary and phytosanitary) measures, import clearance, landing permit, notice of quarantine, and veterinary permit,” Garcia stated in her order.
The order additionally states that every one imported birds and poultry merchandise should have prior approval from the Office of the Governor and have to be coordinated with the Office of the Provincial Veterinarian.
“All chicken dung must be dry, placed in sacks, and covered with plastic and canvas prior to transport,” the EO learn, including that transshipment of stay birds from AI-free areas within the Philippines is allowed.
Garcia mobilized the Barangay Animal Health Aides to assist in monitoring danger areas whereas the Philippine National Police within the province are informed to help the province in implementing the order. (PNA)
