THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has allowed the shipment of poultry and poultry products from Luzon to other parts of the country provided these are validated by quarantine officers and certified by accredited and inspected farms in the region.

“We made the decision to lift the shipment of poultry products from Luzon to other parts of the country subject, of course, of bio-security measures on the recommendation of bio experts who believe it is now safe to do that,” Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol told reporters in a news briefing on Tuesday.

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