LAOAG CITY – Nangi-isyu ti temporary ban ti Department of Agriculture (DA) para iti panagimport ti industrially manufactured, hermetically sealed ken heat-treated canned pork products gapu iti pangta ti African swine fever (ASF) virus.

Segun iti Department Circular No. 42, ti nasao a departamento ket nangiwayat ti risk analysis idi bulan ti Enero no sadinno ket naamoanda ti bassit a posibilidad ti biodevisity risks.

Mainaig ti daytoy, inbatad ti World Organisation for Animal Health Terrestrial Animal Health Code a ti heat treatment a saan a bumaba ti 30 a minutos ken minimum temperature a 70 degrees Celsius ket kayana a patayen ti African swine fever (ASF) virus a nakakapet kadagiti karne.