Meat group warns of supply shortage

A group of local meat processors and importers has warned that the proposed ban on pork meat imports from countries believed to have cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) would result in shortage of raw materials and increased prices of processed meat products.

Felix Tiukinhoy Jr., chairman of the Philippine Association of Meat Processors Inc. (PAMPI), said government control measures should not disturb import arrangements for meat and other raw materials which are not readily available from local sources.