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Negros Oriental bans pork from ASF-hit areas

Published Jun 28, 2026 02:50 pm
SAGARBARRIA (Negros Oriental PIO)
SAGARBARRIA (Negros Oriental PIO)
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Oriental has revived its African Swine Fever (ASF) Task Force and completely banned live pigs, pork products, pork by-products, frozen boar semen, and hog transport vehicles from ASF-affected restricted or high-risk areas.
Gov. Manuel “Chaco” Sagarbarria has issued Executive Order (EO) No. 46 ordering preventive, precautionary, and extraordinary measures against ASF and strengthened local biosecurity and border control systems to protect the local swine industry and safeguard the pork supply of the province.
Sagarbarria said that these measures are necessary to prevent the possible entry and spread of ASF into the province, and minimize economic disruption to backyard raisers, commercial farms, traders, and consumers.
The governor stressed that no shipment, delivery, transport, or conveyance of live pigs intended for breeding, fattening, slaughter, trade, or any other purpose, and no pork, pork products, pork by-products, frozen boar semen, or related regulated articles intended for sale, distribution, processing, storage, or personal carriage, shall be allowed entry into the province from areas identified to be ASF-affected.
The order stated that any hog transport vehicle, livestock carrier, truck, trailer, or similar conveyance used for the transport of live pigs, pork, pork products, pork by-products, frozen boar semen, or related regulated articles from ASF-affected, restricted, or high-risk areas are prohibited unless expressly authorized under applicable quarantine, disinfection, and downtime protocols that may be adopted by the Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) consistent with law and national issuances.
He said the Provincial ASF Task Force led by the PVO and co-chaired by the Provincial Agriculture Office (PAO) has been reactivated to oversee, coordinate, and monitor the implementation of the EO and related national and local issuances on ASF prevention and control.
It was also tasked to formulate and periodically update the provincial ASF prevention strategy, recommend additional safeguards when warranted by developments in other provinces or regions, coordinate surveillance and reporting, and supervise enforcement activities.
The task force was authorized to establish and maintain quarantine inspection points, border control stations, and port inspection measures in strategic entry areas of the province, including inspecting shipments, verifying origin and supporting documents, and preventing the unauthorized entry of prohibited animals and products.
Sagarbarria noted that the outbound transport of live hogs from Negros Oriental to Cebu province may be permitted, subject to applicable national veterinary quarantine requirements and additional safeguards as may be imposed by the PVO.
The PVO shall designate the authorized ports of exit and the port of entry for returning livestock transport vehicles and shall prescribe the corresponding washing, disinfection, quarantine observation, downtime, and certification requirements for such returning vehicles.
All confiscated pork, pork products, pork by-products, frozen boar semen, and other regulated materials shall, after proper inventory and documentation, be disposed of by the Office of the Provincial Veterinarian or the concerned local government veterinary or agriculture office through destruction or such other appropriate method as may be authorized by competent authorities.
The governor directed all cities and municipalities to support and coordinate with the task force, activate local monitoring mechanisms, intensify barangay-level information drives, monitor backyard and commercial swine operations, and immediately report unusual swine mortality or suspected ASF-related incidents to the PVO.
Barangays were encouraged to organize or reactivate a village-level ASF monitoring mechanism to serve as the community-based surveillance and reporting arm for ASF prevention and early detection.
ASF remains a serious transboundary animal disease affecting swine and recent reports indicate a resurgence of cases in the neighboring province of Negros Occidental, which posed a heightened risk of entry and spread into Negros Oriental, the EO stated.
The first case of ASF in Negros Occidental was reported in San Enrique town last week and hog raisers lost about P5 million due to mortalities.

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