Agriculture bans South Africa poultry imports

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has temporarily suspended the importation of poultry and other poultry products from South Africa because of reported avian influenza outbreak.

In Memorandum Order 25, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala ordered the temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds—including poultry meat, day-old chicks, eggs and semen—originating from Western Cape province in South Africa to protect the Philippines’ local poultry population, as well as human health.