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

In Memorandum Order 19-15, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala on Tuesday ordered a temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds—including poultry meat, day old chicks, eggs and semen—originating from Japan to protect the Philippines’ local poultry population, as well as human health.

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