National Veterinary Quarantine Services seized tons of smuggled meat from an African swine fever "red area" on Tuesday (March 3) at Port of Matnog in Sorsogon.

According to local reports, some labels on the products indicate that the meat arrived from China and Korea.

In early February the Philippines detected their first African swine fever outbreak.

The disease is highly contagious and has no cure or vaccine, but poses no direct health threat to humans.

TONS OF PROCESS MEAT FROM ASF RED AREA IN THE PHILIPPINE SEIZE BY BAI- VETERINARY QUARANTINE SERVICE IN MATNOG PORT SORSOGON. SOME LABEL INDICATE SOME PRODUCT FROM CHINA ANG KOREA

Some updates:

Vehicle use to transport Diamond Star Bus Plate No. TYR 786/ BN 76513 from Cainta Rizal goint to Tacloban City. Consignee identified as Rhoel Ledera.

another vehicle identified as


Place : VQCheckpoint Stn 5
Matnog Port
Vehicles: TOYOTA HIACE
Plate No. P2 G687
Origin: Quezon City
Destination: San Jose,
Allen, Samar
Owner: Percival L.
Mendoza
Address: B21 L13 Walnut
West Fair view,
Quezon City
Commodity:
Assorted process meat
Products(Pork)
*Pork Longanisa
* Tocino
* Longanisa
Total of 550.0 Kls.

Remarks:
* No proper documents
for shipment
* Used expired LTO
* Pork products came
from Red Zone area

Action Taken:
* Confiscated, disposed
by burning and burying

Details report:
Around 12:49pm private
Car TOYOTA HIACE with
plate No. P2 G687
undergone VQinspection
at Matnog Port., during
inspection found out
Asst'd process meat
products(Pork) inside
the said private car..
11 boxes of asst'd
process pork products
more or less 550.0 kls.
from Quezon City to
Allen, Samar..

LI on duty;
S. Gloriane
B. Lobaton
B. Gragas
C. Balasta

SOURCE OF INFORMATION - BUREAU ANIMAL INDUSTRY (BAI-Veterinary Quaratine service) "NOTE: BAI is under the Department of Agriculture"