The Department of Agriculture (DA) has lifted the ban on poultry products from the state of South Dakota in the United States.
DA Memorandum Order 61 series of 2023 was issued by senior undersecretary Domingo Panganiban on Wednesday after the state provided evidence it has contained its bird flu incidence.
The issuance allows the importation of domestic and wild birds and their products including poultry meat, day old chicks, eggs and semen originating from South Dakota subject to compliance with existing importation rules of the DA.
Data from the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) showed the Philippines imported 249.37 million kg of chicken meat from January to July .
BAI’s data also showed that for the period, the Philippines purchased a total of 86.14 million kg of chicken from the US or 34.5 percent of the country’s total chicken imports.
No data is available on the volume that came from the state of South Dakota.
DA’s monitoring of public markets as of yesterday showed the prevailing retail price of whole dressed chicken ranges between P150 to P200 per kg.
