Pangasinan maintains ban on live swine from ASF red zones

Pangasinan has maintained a temporary total ban on live swine, pork, and pork by-products from areas under red zone for African Swine Fever (ASF) to prevent the disease's recurrence.

Provincial Veterinarian Dr. Arcely Robeniol emphasized strict animal quarantine border checkpoints and proactive control measures to protect the province, while the Department of Agriculture (DA) announced additional livestock checkpoints in Luzon to contain ASF spread.

Executive Order No. 0102 series of 2023, signed by Governor Ramon Guico III on October 1, 2023, enforces the ban from red zone areas, and DA Assistant Secretary for Swine and Poultry Dr. Constante Palabrica stressed that checkpoints will remain until at least December.

Animal quarantine checkpoints have been established in key locations such as Mabilao, San Fabian; Asan Sur in Sison; TPLEX in Pozorrubio; and TPLEX Urdaneta City, with the DA setting up additional livestock quarantines to ensure no diseased hogs are transferred between areas.

Traders must present various documents including a certificate of ASF-free status and veterinary health certificates before receiving a certificate of acceptance, while Lobo town in Batangas was placed under a state of calamity due to 8,818 animal deaths as of July 31.