{"id":243084,"date":"2020-01-25T04:26:08","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T09:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=243084"},"modified":"2025-01-20T10:39:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T15:39:16","slug":"boc-orders-condemnation-of-asf-positive-pork-dumplings-from-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/01\/25\/boc-orders-condemnation-of-asf-positive-pork-dumplings-from-china\/","title":{"rendered":"BOC orders condemnation of ASF-positive pork dumplings from China"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_222513\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-222513\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/640px-WTMP_PhotoPhilia_D9_Bureau_of_Customs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-222513\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/640px-WTMP_PhotoPhilia_D9_Bureau_of_Customs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/640px-WTMP_PhotoPhilia_D9_Bureau_of_Customs.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/640px-WTMP_PhotoPhilia_D9_Bureau_of_Customs-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-222513\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero, in a statement, said the examination of the contents of the container on January 22 revealed that the shipment containing pork balls and dumplings at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) were tested positive for ASF based on laboratory tests results from the port&#8217;s Veterinary Quarantine Services.\u00a0 (File <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=14645199\">Photo By PhotoPhilia, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Saturday ordered the condemnation of processed meat products from China that tested positive for African swine fever (ASF).<\/p>\n<p>Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero, in a statement, said the examination of the contents of the container on January 22 revealed that the shipment containing pork balls and dumplings at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) were tested positive for ASF based on laboratory tests results from the port&#8217;s Veterinary Quarantine Services.<\/p>\n<p>The shipment, consigned to Dynamic M International Trading Inc., arrived on December 11 last year from China was put under an Alert Order for suspicion of containing misdeclared items.<\/p>\n<p>Customs Deputy Commissioner for Intelligence Raniel Ramiro recommended the shipment for examination, which was witnessed by the Bureau of Animal Industry, the National Meat Inspection Service, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, the Customs Enforcement and Security Service, and the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a message to all importers.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy mounjaro online <a href=\"https:\/\/udelldental.com\/img\/udell-dental\/png\/mounjaro.html\">https:\/\/udelldental.com\/img\/udell-dental\/png\/mounjaro.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> We are not going to tolerate misdeclared goods or the importation of food products that will put our industries in jeopardy. We\u2019ve already lost so much because of the swine flu. Our ports are not open for more of these products,\u201d Guerrero said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy modafinil online <a href=\"https:\/\/udelldental.com\/img\/udell-dental\/png\/modafinil.html\">https:\/\/udelldental.com\/img\/udell-dental\/png\/modafinil.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Guerrero also ordered Customs personnel in all ports to exercise vigilance especially now that the country is on the lookout against the novel coronavirus (nCoV).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur mandate is to protect our people and that\u2019s what we intend to do,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The bureau is set to file charges against the company as the shipments seized violated Sections 1400, 1113, and 117 of the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act, RA 3720 or the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and RA 10845 or the Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act of 2016 and will recommend the revocation of its brokers\u2019 licenses.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Reynaldo Quilang, Veterinary Quarantine Services\u00a0chief, has recommended that all contents of the container be buried at the importer\u2019s warehouse compound.<\/p>\n<p>The condemnation of goods will be conducted after finalizing the disposal plan.<\/p>\n<p>ASF spreads easily among members of the swine family through direct contact with the infected animal or contaminated objects such as vehicles and equipment.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy estradiol online <a href=\"https:\/\/udelldental.com\/img\/udell-dental\/png\/estradiol.html\">https:\/\/udelldental.com\/img\/udell-dental\/png\/estradiol.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In October last year, at least 13 provinces in the Philippines have declared an ASF outbreak, prompting some local government to ban the entry of pork products from areas that have confirmed cases of the disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Saturday ordered the condemnation of processed meat products from China that tested positive &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":144522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243084","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=243084"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286153,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243084\/revisions\/286153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}