THE Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) and the Magsasaka Party-list (MPL) on Wednesday called for the immediate suspension of carabao meat imports from foot-and-mouth disease (FMD)-hit areas in India, saying the local livestock industry could not afford another breakout from infected meat stocks.
FFF Board Chairman Leonardo Montemayor and MPL President Argel Joseph Cabatbat enjoined the government to look into India's animal disease, food safety and bio-control situation, citing a report from the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), which found FMD is prevalent in Maharashtra and Telangana, two Indian states where several carabeef exporters to the Philippines operate processing plants.
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