ANTI-ASF GUARD. Hogs in Antique are ready to be transported to Metro Manila in this undated photo. Antique Provincial Veterinary Public Health Division head, Dr. Rafael Marco Ardamil, on Friday (Nov. 5, 2021) urged local government units in the province to create their respective municipal task forces for the surveillance of pork-based products from ASF-affected areas that could destroy the industry in the province.(Photo courtesy of Elma Pena/DA-6) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Antique's Provincial Veterinary (Provet) has urged local government units (LGUs) to create municipal task forces against the African swine fever (ASF) that will coordinate with their provincial counterpart. Provet Public Health Division head Dr. Rafael Marco Ardamil said in an interview Friday the creation of the municipal task forces would ensure that Provincial Ordinance 2020-242 prohibiting the transport and sale of pork-based products from Luzon, Mindanao, and other areas in the country with ASF cas
PORK-BASED PRODUCTS. A staff of the Antique Provincial Veterinary (ProVet) Office prepares to destroy confiscated pork-based products from a mini-grocery store in the Municipality of Hamtic, Antique on Oct. 19, 2021. ProVet Public Health Division head, Dr. Rafael Marco Ardamil, on Friday (Oct. 22, 2021) urged consumers not to patronize buying pork-based products from areas with African swine fever (ASF).(Photo courtesy of Antique ProVet) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The Antique Provincial Veterinary (ProVet) office is urging consumers not to patronize pork-based products from areas in the country with African swine fever (ASF) cases. ProVet Public Health Division head Dr. Rafael Marco Ardamil said in an interview Friday that consumers patronizing pork-based products from ASF-hit areas as there are still stores selling canned goods and other processed food laced with pork. "Only last October 18, we were again able to confiscate pork-based products manufactured in Laguna,"
PORK-BASED PRODUCTS. A staff of the Antique Provincial Veterinary (ProVet) Office prepares to destroy confiscated pork-based products from a mini-grocery store in the Municipality of Hamtic, Antique on Oct. 19, 2021. ProVet Public Health Division head, Dr. Rafael Marco Ardamil, on Friday (Oct. 22, 2021) urged consumers not to patronize buying pork-based products from areas with African swine fever (ASF).(Photo courtesy of Antique ProVet) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The Antique Provincial Veterinary (ProVet) office is urging consumers not to patronize pork-based products from areas in the country with African swine fever (ASF) cases. ProVet Public Health Division head Dr. Rafael Marco Ardamil said in an interview Friday that consumers patronizing pork-based products from ASF-hit areas as there are still stores selling canned goods and other processed food laced with pork. "Only last October 18, we were again able to confiscate pork-based products manufactured in Laguna,"