Philippines Allows Full Market Access For U.S. Beef
US - Acting Secretary of Agriculture Chuck Conner on Friday announced that the Philippines has complied with international trade standards regarding beef and beef products by allowing complete market access for U.S. beef and beef products from cattle

Philippines Lifts Import Ban on Netherlands' Beef
PHILIPPINES - The Philippines has lifted the ban on beef and beef products from the Netherlands, following confirmation from the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) that the country has contained BSE. To be qualified for imports into the Philip

Philippines allows US beef offal imports
PHILIPPINES - On 15 December 2006, the Philippines Department of Agriculture announced it would allow the importation of livers, hearts and cheek meat from US cattle, according to a report released by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA

Philippines Lifts Netherlands Beef Ban
PHILIPPINES - The Philippines has lifted the ban on beef and beef products from the Netherlands imposed because of concerns over BSE. The Philippine agriculture secretary, Arthur Yap, announced the lifting of the ban now that the World Animal Health

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Philippines lifts ban on Japanese beef
PHILIPPINES - On 18 September this year, the Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) lifted the ban on imports of Japanese meat and meat products. The restriction had been imposed on imports of live cattle, sheep and goats from Japan, including the

Philippines Ban Pigs and Cattle from Taiwan and Lebanon
PHILIPPINES - The Department of Agriculture (DA) has banned the importation of cattle and other animals from Taiwan and Lebanon following the outbreaks of the food and mouth disease (FMD) in those countries. Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap issued th

Philippines Reopens Market for Irish Beef
IRELAND - The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Brendan Smith TD, today announced that the Philippines had removed the ban on the importation of Irish EU beef. This was put in place in November 2000 following the BSE crisis in Europe at

Dwarf Buffalo Fights For Furvival In The Philippines
PHILIPPINES - A stout black tamaraw bull warily leads a grey cow and two calves onto a meadow, sniffing the late afternoon air to check for the presence of hunterS. Graphic fact file on

Philippines Opens Gates to British Meats
PHILIPPINES - After seven months, the Philippine Department of Agriculture has lifted the ban on the importation of meat products from the United Kingdom, media reports said on Thursday. This developed after the United Kingdom's Department of Envi

Philippines Presses for FMD-free Status
PHILIPPINES - The Philippine will submit next month documents required by the World Organization for Animal Health for foot and mouth disease (FMD)-free certification of Luzon — the remaining area of the country that has not been declared as such,

Philippines Seeks FMD Free Status
PHILIPPINES - The government last week submitted its application to the World Organization for Animal Health (also known for its French acronym OIE) to remove most parts of Luzon island in the list of areas with foot and mouth disease (FMD), which

Philippines Disease restrictions
PHILIPPINES - Enforcement agents of the Bureau of Customs will be on alert against imported cattle and meat products from Taiwan and Lebanon following the reported outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the two countries. This was stressed by In

Philippines Internationally Accredited FMD Free
PHILIPPINES - The Philippines will soon break into the livestock export market as the country is about to be globally declared foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) free said Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap. In a PIA report Yap said that Visayas and Mindana

Philippines in Search of Milk
PHILIPPINES - The Philippine imports raw milk largely from New Zealand, Australia and the United States amounting to US $ 400 M to $ 500M every year where this goes into processing for commercial reconstituted milk and other dairy products with the o

USDA Dairy and Products Annual Reports 2008
This article provides the dairy and cattle industry data from the USDA FAS Dairy and Products Annual 2008 reports. This week's reports are for Brazil and Canada. Algeria Argentina Australia Brazil     

DA Bans Cattle Imports from Egypt
PHILIPPINES - The Department of Agriculture on Tuesday temporarily banned imports of cattle and other animals susceptible to the foot-and-mouth disease from Egypt as part of the continuing government drive to keep the Philippines safe from FMD. DA

Optimism Expressed For Philippines' Livestock Sector
PHILIPPINES - The Department for Agriculture (DA) sees bright prospects for the country's livestock industries. With continuing support from the government for demand-driven programmes, the DA expects bright prospects for the livestock industry this

USDA Dairy and Products Annual Reports 2007 Summary
This article provides the Dairy industry data from the USDA Dairy and Products Annual 2007 reports. Our latest reports out this week are from Japan and New Zealand. Within each article is a link to the full report which includes all the tabular data

South Asia Ready to Order More Beef
SOUTH EAST ASIA - Supported by the fastest growing population and economies in the world, South East Asia & Greater China continued attracting an increasing beef trade to the region. Beef exports from New Zealand (January to April) and the US (Janua

More Output From Philippines Agriculture In 2009
PHILIPPINES - The report Performance of Philippine Agriculture January-December 2009, indicates increases in output from the pig, poultry and cattle sectors, while adverse weather caused a fall in the value of fisheries production from the 2008 level

Low priced beef in South Asia
AUSTRALIA - Average wholesale prices of Brazilian, Indian, Argentinean and Chinese frozen beef in South-East Asian markets were well below the price of similar Australian beef over the calendar year 2006. The price of frozen Brazilian beef in th

Buffalo Imports Threaten Philippine Livestock
PHILIPPINES - A decision made by the Philippines Department of Agriculture to open the market to buffalo meat importation may adversely effect the rest of the livestock industry, whilst also posing a serious threat of disease. According t

Challenge To Protect Livestock Sector From Disease
PHILIPPINES - Philippine Agriculture Secretary Bernie Fondevilla has ordered the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) to protect the livestock and poultry industries from diseases. Issuing the challenge during the recent anniversary celebration of BAI, Mr

San Miguel Close To Divesting Food Group
PHILIPPINES - San Miguel Corporation says it is close to selling a minority share in its food division, San Miguel Pure Foods Co. San Miguel Corp., one of south-east Asia's biggest conglomerate, is getting closer to selling a strategic stake in unit