THE Philippine Association of Meat Processors Inc. (Pampi) is worried that a ban on meat imports from three Indian states — Bihar, Maharashtra and Telangana — will affect its production schedule for the first two months of 2025.
The group — composed of 83 member-companies in food manufacturing, packaging, cold chain logistics and infrastructure — on Monday sent a letter urging Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. to review and reverse a Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) order issuing a phytosanitary import clearance ban on beef imports from the three Indian states.
