DA gives accreditation to Brazilian, German, Hungarian, Polish meat exporters

The Department of Agriculture (DA) said Tuesday that it has granted a three-year meat exporters' accreditation to some companies in Brazil, Germany, Hungary, and Poland. In a news release, the DA said it conducted an inspection mission to the four countries last year. The Agriculture Department said its inspection missions found all 36 meat establishments in Germany and 48 in Brazil, along with three in Hungary and a dozen in Poland, to be compliant with the animal health code of the World Organization of Animal Health as well as quarantine and meat inspection standards of the Philippines. Exporter accreditation is necessary to ensure cattle, swine, and poultry meat sourced from abroad are free of pathogens and other diseases that could pose a risk to Filipinos and the multi-billion-peso domestic livestock and poultry industry. The DA said accreditation granted to meat exporters in Brazil, Hungary, Germany, and Poland will expire in February 2027. The agency said the 36 German ...