The Department of Agriculture (DA) has lifted the import ban on all poultry products from Brazil after Agriculture Secretary William Dar issued a memorandum on the matter.
The DA has initially asked Brazil to provide a list of companies importing products in their country that have new reported cases of COVID-19.
The import ban was issued last August after some frozen chicken products from Brazil tested positive for COVID-19. Meat traders raised concern on the ban amid challenges in the supply of other food products such as pork.
The country has imported 55,395,826 kilograms of chicken from Brazil from January to July 2020, according to the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI). – PTV News
