MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Animal Industry confirmed Monday that skinless longganisa and hotdog samples from the plant of Mekeni Food Corporation tested positive for African swine fever. They also revealed that other samples from the plant, particularly those sourced from the US, Canada and France, tested negative for ASF. Department of Health Undersecretary Eric Domingo said that 63 of 178 licensed meat manufacturing plants were inspected. Mekeni Food Corp. on October 26 voluntarily recalled all its pork-based products amid reports that some of them tested positive for ASF. “This is to ensure that we mitigate the possibility that our products inadvertently become carriers of ASF,” Mekeni said in their statement.

Source: Philippine Star November 04, 2019 03:20 UTC