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<TABLE class=contentpaneopen><TBODY><TR><TD class=contentheading width="100%">RP lifts ban on birds, poultry from Germany </TD><TD class=buttonheading align=right width="100%"></TD><TD class=buttonheading align=right width="100%"></TD><TD class=buttonheading align=right width="100%"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=contentpaneopen><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top>Written by Jennifer A. Ng / Reporter </TD></TR><TR><TD class=createdate vAlign=top>Wednesday, 14 April 2010 20:30 </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top><STYLE> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </STYLE><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-520092929 1073786111 9 0 415 0;} @font-face {font-family:"Myriad Pro Cond"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-format
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THE Philippines has lifted a temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and poultry products from Germany it imposed late last year.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) issued Memorandum Order 12 authorizing the lifting of the temporary ban.
Agriculture Secretary Bernie Fondevilla cited as basis the report submitted to the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) by the Ministerial Dirigent and Chief Veterinary Officer of Germany as basis for lifting the ban.
?Based on the evaluation of the Bureau of Animal Industry [BAI], the risk of contamination from importing poultry and poultry products from Germany is negligible,? said Fondevilla.
The Philippines imposed the ban on wild birds and poultry products from Germany after the OIE confirmed an outbreak of avian influenza (AI) in the European country.
Germany, however, is not a traditional source of poultry meat and day-old chicks for the Philippines.
Manila issued a temporary ban on poultry products from countries with confirmed cases of the AI virus to protect its own poultry industry and safeguard the health of Filipinos.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported, as of mid-December, 445 laboratory-confirmed cases of the bird flu and 263 fatalities from the disease since the H5N1 strain of the virus broke out in Southeast Asia in 2003 and then spread across the rest of the continent, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
In other Asian countries like Indonesia, 115 deaths have been recorded so far while 25 fatalities from the AI virus were reported in China; 17 in Thailand; and 57 in Vietnam, the WHO bared.
The Philippines has remained free of bird flu ever since the H5N1 strain of this virus struck back in Asia six years ago. Of all the countries in Southeast Asia, only the Philippines, Brunei and Singapore have remained AI-free.
To ensure that the country would remain bird flu-free, the government has set up community-based early-warning systems (CBEWSs) in selected barangays identified as in high risk of contracting the AI virus.
These CBEWSs were established to orient barangay AI task forces on the bird flu and the reporting process for AI suspects (both in poultry and humans), as well as the possible smuggling of poultry and exotic birds in their localities.
Under its Avian Influenza Protection Program, the government has implemented an Applied Veterinary Epidemiology Training Program to strengthen the capacity of field veterinary services, especially at the local level, in designing and managing disease surveillance, conducting outbreak investigation, and effective outbreak containment measures.
Besides these measures, 20 critical areas are under surveillance, especially during the bird-migration season of October to February.
http://businessmirror.com.ph/index....oultry-from-germany&catid=53:agri-commodities
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) issued Memorandum Order 12 authorizing the lifting of the temporary ban.
Agriculture Secretary Bernie Fondevilla cited as basis the report submitted to the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) by the Ministerial Dirigent and Chief Veterinary Officer of Germany as basis for lifting the ban.
?Based on the evaluation of the Bureau of Animal Industry [BAI], the risk of contamination from importing poultry and poultry products from Germany is negligible,? said Fondevilla.
The Philippines imposed the ban on wild birds and poultry products from Germany after the OIE confirmed an outbreak of avian influenza (AI) in the European country.
Germany, however, is not a traditional source of poultry meat and day-old chicks for the Philippines.
Manila issued a temporary ban on poultry products from countries with confirmed cases of the AI virus to protect its own poultry industry and safeguard the health of Filipinos.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported, as of mid-December, 445 laboratory-confirmed cases of the bird flu and 263 fatalities from the disease since the H5N1 strain of the virus broke out in Southeast Asia in 2003 and then spread across the rest of the continent, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
In other Asian countries like Indonesia, 115 deaths have been recorded so far while 25 fatalities from the AI virus were reported in China; 17 in Thailand; and 57 in Vietnam, the WHO bared.
The Philippines has remained free of bird flu ever since the H5N1 strain of this virus struck back in Asia six years ago. Of all the countries in Southeast Asia, only the Philippines, Brunei and Singapore have remained AI-free.
To ensure that the country would remain bird flu-free, the government has set up community-based early-warning systems (CBEWSs) in selected barangays identified as in high risk of contracting the AI virus.
These CBEWSs were established to orient barangay AI task forces on the bird flu and the reporting process for AI suspects (both in poultry and humans), as well as the possible smuggling of poultry and exotic birds in their localities.
Under its Avian Influenza Protection Program, the government has implemented an Applied Veterinary Epidemiology Training Program to strengthen the capacity of field veterinary services, especially at the local level, in designing and managing disease surveillance, conducting outbreak investigation, and effective outbreak containment measures.
Besides these measures, 20 critical areas are under surveillance, especially during the bird-migration season of October to February.
http://businessmirror.com.ph/index....oultry-from-germany&catid=53:agri-commodities
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