00:00Along with the effect of African Swine Fever on pigs in their area of the country,
00:05the price of some alternative protein, eggs and chicken, has also increased.
00:10Bernadette Reyes was on the scene.
00:15The inspection of anti-ASF checkpoints at the exit and entry points of Cagayan Valley Region
00:22after the ASF was detected in Isabela, Cagayan, and Nueva Vizcaya,
00:27In Naga, it is also difficult for pigs to be slaughtered due to the active case of ASF in some places in Camarines Sur.
00:35Since the African Swine Fever hit Batangas,
00:38the pork vendor in Litex Market, Quezon City, Federito,
00:42in another province, is getting expensive pork.
00:46You will get sick.
00:49Later, we will be affected here. We will be affected in Tumal.
00:55Because of Tumal, Federito and other retailers are lowering the price of pork.
01:00In the monitoring of the Department of Agriculture, the price of pork is already lowering.
01:04When the month started, the price of pork per kilo of pork was P340.
01:08But now, it is only P305.
01:11The price of pork per kilo of pork has also dropped by P10.
01:15But Belinda avoids pork first.
01:18No choice but chicken or beef.
01:21Because it is for the health of your family and for the support of the state.
01:26So, avoid it first.
01:27If the price of pork, chicken, and egg has dropped, the price has increased.
01:31In this place, in Marikina Public Market, the price of chicken is up to P250.
01:37It has really increased compared to the last month.
01:41The total price is P220. Our choice cut is P240 up to P250.
01:46According to the DA, there is no need to worry about eating pork
01:50because they are assuring that it will not reach the families of those who are sick with pork.
01:55Those from the North will not go to the South.
01:59Those from the South will not go to the North.
02:01The NMIS is strict.
02:03If you go there, you have NMIS records.
02:08Our consumers are sure that this is clean and that there is no disease in the meat.
02:17According to the DA, since 2019, the pork population has reached 50 percent due to the ASF.
02:25But the repopulation is being funded where the government is a part of those who are sick with pork.
02:32There is an estimated P2 billion for the repopulation that is now increasing.
02:39For GMA Integrated News, Bernadette Reyes, Katutok, 24 Hours.
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