IMPORTATION OF SMOKED PORK PRODUCTS FROM MALAYSIA INTO THE PHILIPPINES
National Administrative Register [ DA MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 10, July 16, 1998 ]
In accordance with the OIE recommendations, Veterinary Quarantine Clearance for the importation of smoked pork products from Malaysia shall be issued subject to the presentation of an international zoo-sanitary certificate attesting that the entire consignment of meat comes from animals:
1) which have been kept in a Classical Swine Fever (CSF) free zone or country since birth
2) which have been kept in a Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) free zone or country since birth;
3) slaughtered in a government accredited abattoir and found to be healthy before and after slaughter, and free from infectious diseases;
4) the processed meat has been smoked for more than 2 hours for at least 70° Celsius; and
5) the meat is safe and fit for human consumption.
For compliance.
Adopted: 16 July 1998
(SGD.) WILLIAM D. DAR
Acting Secretary