DA bans Indiana chicken imports

In an effort to protect the Philippines’ local poultry population and ensure safety of consumers, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has imposed a temporary ban on importation ban of chicken and wild bird products from Indiana because of reported avian influenza outbreak there.

In Memorandum Order 3-16, 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 Dubois county in Indiana.