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| › Importation Ordered |
Meat shortage addressed
The Department of Agriculture has authorized the importation of meat to address feared shortages leading up to the Holiday Season, due to damage caused by recent typhoons. DA Assistant Secretary Salvador Salacup said meat importations from countries not contaminated with swine flu have been authorized, especially 5,000 metric tons of chicken, which would alleviate expected price rises due to shortages.
It is estimated that next month, 8,800 metric tons of chicken will be available to local processors, especially main players Monterey and Tyson Foods in Bulacan, which reportedly lost 2.5 million broilers to the floods brought about by typhoons Pepeng and Ondoy. The size of chicken imports authorized was greater than the 3,800 metric tons requested by the chicken industry.
Salacup also said boatloads of pork in the form of ham, hotdogs, bacon and other products, numbering between 15,000-20,000 metric tons are due after the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) released orders allowing the shipments. Lower market demand has caused a drop in pork prices to just P160 or P170 per kilo -- unusual during the traditional surge in demand before the holidays. |
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