Animal, quarantine authorities ordered to check province-bound poultry at NAIA

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has instructed the animal and quarantine personnel at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to strictly scrutinize all poultry cargoes arriving in Manila bound for the provinces to make sure they have fully complied with the necessary procedures.

Also, shipment from Luzon of live domestic and wild birds including but not limited to chicken, ducks, geese, quails, doves and pigeons from outside the seven-kilometer radius control area of Pampanga will be allowed but must be accompanied by a shipping permit and a government-issued veterinary health certificate acknowledging that these products were sourced from farms with no incidence of avian influenza for the past 21 days prior to shipment.