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MANILA – The Department of Agriculture (DA) announced Wednesday the temporary import ban of domestic and wild birds, and other poultry products from New Zealand after the country reported an avian influenza (AI) outbreak in November 2024.
“(The import ban) is crucial in preventing the entry of high pathogenic avian influenza into the Philippines, safeguarding the health of the local poultry population,” Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said in a…