{"id":232275,"date":"2019-09-24T22:31:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T02:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=232275"},"modified":"2025-01-14T09:59:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T14:59:02","slug":"pork-safe-to-eat-amid-asf-outbreaks-manila-meat-inspectors-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/09\/24\/pork-safe-to-eat-amid-asf-outbreaks-manila-meat-inspectors-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Pork safe to eat amid ASF outbreaks, Manila meat inspectors say"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_231326\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231326\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/3972348087_cb22089b23_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-231326\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/3972348087_cb22089b23_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/3972348087_cb22089b23_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/3972348087_cb22089b23_b-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/3972348087_cb22089b23_b-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-231326\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manila VIB chief, Dr. Nick Santos, however, said their office remains on &#8220;high alert&#8221; to prevent the spread of ASF among animals in public markets, cold storages, ports and backyard hog raisers so they continuously inspect them.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy robaxin online <a href=\"https:\/\/b-nutritious.com\/videos-2018\/mp4\/robaxin.html\">https:\/\/b-nutritious.com\/videos-2018\/mp4\/robaxin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/proimos\/3972348087\/in\/photolist-742jG8-24QE3jc-fy2zju-oWHSxK-iaJWEw-or2qKD-bSDrxx-63F2nG-LBy7io-4jvhh6-bSt7Ha-oXqBGm-5oByBe-5ckjc7-wGDqa-h7opTD-fUZGj-55fmmT-5JN4NP-fEC2H-fHzcuP-2dUt8Ty-244gPuX-kVTiPk-iBTkAk-gBk1Zn-QhbhrV-26G3i1N-jNuXJn-99AQA9-2DNRaE-gVfacz-8hKMK-32iHDC-8CbgGG-D1CoM3-WpRN5G-L57aC-fnWj2-csL2sC-r9uXLZ-rBvnaT-fUZsC-eYWan-fUZmC-fUZpq-fUZwy-fUZwa-fvRi7P-nCFpxz\">File Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/proimos\/\">Alex Proimos\/Flickr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/2.0\/\">CC BY-NC 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The Manila Veterinary Inspection Board (VIB) on Tuesday assured the public that it is safe to consume pork amid reports of African swine fever (ASF) outbreaks in provinces near Metro Manila.<\/p>\n<p>Manila VIB chief, Dr. Nick Santos, however, said their office remains on &#8220;high alert&#8221; to prevent the spread of ASF among animals in public markets, cold storages, ports and backyard hog raisers so they continuously inspect them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Ang<\/em>\u00a0ASF\u00a0<em>ay<\/em>\u00a090 to 100 percent\u00a0<em>ang<\/em>\u00a0mortality rate<em>\u00a0sa mga baboy. Ibig sabihin ito ay<\/em>\u00a0deadly\u00a0<em>sa mga baboy ngunit hindi ito nakakahawa sa mga tao at ipinagbibigay alam ng<\/em>\u00a0Veterinary Inspection Board\u00a0<em>na ligtas kumain ng karne ng baboy<\/em>\u00a0(ASF has 90 to 100 percent mortality rate among pigs. This means it is deadly in pigs and not in humans and the Veterinary Inspection Board says that it is safe to eat pork),&#8221; Santos said in a statement.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy clomid online <a href=\"https:\/\/b-nutritious.com\/videos-2018\/mp4\/clomid.html\">https:\/\/b-nutritious.com\/videos-2018\/mp4\/clomid.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Santos reported that the VIB has been inspecting the public markets in Manila&#8217;s six districts since September 1.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Mahigpit din ipinatutupad ang tamang protocol at pagbabantay sa kalusugan ng mga alagang baboy ng mangilan-ngilan sa ating mga<\/em>\u00a0backyard raisers<em>\u00a0sa ating lungsod<\/em>\u00a0(There is also strict implementation of the proper protocol and overseeing the health of the pigs owned by some backyard hog raisers in the city),&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>He advised the consumers to be vigilant when buying meat by asking for the appropriate meat inspection certificates which must be displayed by the vendors.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy augmentin online <a href=\"https:\/\/b-nutritious.com\/videos-2018\/mp4\/augmentin.html\">https:\/\/b-nutritious.com\/videos-2018\/mp4\/augmentin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>When buying frozen meat, consumers must look for a certificate of meat importation, Santos added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Manila Veterinary Inspection Board (VIB) on Tuesday assured the public that it is safe to consume pork amid &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":231326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-232275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ma-teresa-montemayor","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232275"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284213,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232275\/revisions\/284213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}