ILOILO CITY, Feb. 15 (PIA) – The Iloilo Provincial Government has enjoined the coastal municipalities in northern Iloilo to closely monitor the possible entry of swine, swine semen, pork, pork products and by-products from Masbate.
This, after the Department of Agriculture (DA) recently reported a case of African swine fever (ASF) in Barangay Luy-a, in the municipality of Aroroy, Masbate.
Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor, Jr., through Executive Order No. 048, Series of 2021, ordered the close monitoring of Iloilo coastal municipalities including Ajuy, Anilao, Balasan, Banate, Barotac Nuevo, Barotac Viejo, Batad, Carles, Concepcion, Dumangas, Estancia, and San Dionisio, especially their island barangays, of possible entry of swine, swine semen, pork, pork products, and by-products from the Masbate area.