NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 1. Notifying Member: Philippines If applicable, name of local government involved: 2. Agency responsible: Department of Agriculture 3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable): Domestic and wild pigs and their products including pork meat and semen 4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: [ ] All trading partners [X] Specific regions or countries: Latvia, Poland, Romania, the Russian Federation, Ukraine and China 5. Title of the notified document: Department of Agriculture Memorandum Order No. 23 Series of 2018 Temporary Ban on the Importation of Domestic and Wild Pigs and their Products Including Pork Meat and Semen Originating from Latvia, Poland, Romania, the Russian Federation, Ukraine and China. Language(s): English. Number of pages: 1 6. Description of content: The order bans the importation of bans the importation of domestic and wild pigs and their products, including pork meat and semen from Latvia, Poland, Romania, the Russian Federation, Ukraine and China, and immediately suspends the processing and evaluation of the application and issuance of Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) import clearance for the above-cited commodities. Shipments of the commodities mentioned into the Philippines will be stopped and confiscated by all DA Veterinary Quarantine Officers/Inspectors at all major ports. Meat and meat products brought in by arriving passengers from the aforementioned countries will likewise be confiscated. 7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests. Based on the official 8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action: reports submitted to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), there are several outbreaks of African Swine Fever in Latvia, Poland, Romania, the Russian Federation, Ukraine and China affecting domestic and wild pigs.
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 1. Notifying Member: Philippines If applicable, name of local government involved: 2. Agency responsible: Department of Agriculture 3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable): Domestic and wild pigs and their products including pork meat and semen 4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: [ ] All trading partners [X] Specific regions or countries: Latvia, Poland, Romania, the Russian Federation, Ukraine and China 5. Title of the notified document: Department of Agriculture Memorandum Order No. 23 Series of 2018 Temporary Ban on the Importation of Domestic and Wild Pigs and their Products Including Pork Meat and Semen Originating from Latvia, Poland, Romania, the Russian Federation, Ukraine and China. Language(s): English. Number of pages: 1 6. Description of content: The order bans the importation of bans the importation of domestic and wild pigs and their products, including pork meat and semen from Latvia, Poland, Romania, the Russian Federation, Ukraine and China, and immediately suspends the processing and evaluation of the application and issuance of Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) import clearance for the above-cited commodities. Shipments of the commodities mentioned into the Philippines will be stopped and confiscated by all DA Veterinary Quarantine Officers/Inspectors at all major ports. Meat and meat products brought in by arriving passengers from the aforementioned countries will likewise be confiscated. 7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests. 8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action: Based on the official reports submitted to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), there are several outbreaks of African Swine Fever in Latvia, Poland, Romania, the Russian Federation, Ukraine and China affecting domestic and wild pigs.