Belgium seeks lifting of pork import ban 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy MADELAINE B. MIRAFLORIn exchange for the support it intends to provide the Philippines’ agriculture sector, the Belgian government had asked Agriculture Secretary William Dar to lift the country’s import ban on pork coming from the Western European country. In a courtesy meeting with Belgian Ambassador Michel Goffin, Agriculture Secretary William Dar had sought to elevate the country’s agriculture cooperation with the Kingdom of Belgium. He then brought up about the ban the Philippine government imposed versus pork coming from Belgium in 2008 and asked for it to be lifted. The ban had stayed even if Belgium has been free from the deadly swine disease since the middle of 2019.

Source: Manila Bulletin February 17, 2020 13:52 UTC