Two local poultry farms were approved to supply chicken to South Korea, the first ones to tap that market after the lifting of the ban on Philippine exports to that country, according to the Department of Agriculture.
A memorandum dated Nov. 24, 2021 and signed by Maria Alilia Maghirang, agricultural attache in the Philippine Agriculture Office in Seoul showed Carino and Sons Agri-Development Inc. in San Jose, Batangas and LP Farms Food Corp. in Rosario, La Union were approved to supply South Korea with chicken.
Maghirang said in the document the approvals were made after the conduct of a remote onsite inspection and document review of South Korea’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs-Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency.
The document also mentioned South Korea is ready to conduct a similar inspection to other Philippine livestock establishments such as Johannas and Bounty Fresh, among others, once they send a formal intention alongside documentary requirements from the National Meat Inspection Services.
Allowed chicken products from the Philippines to South Korea are chilled or frozen meat; bone, fat, skin and tendon.
Last August, South Korea lifted its temporary ban on chicken meat and pet bird imports from the Philippines.
South Korea previously prohibited the imports of Philippine chicken meat and pet birds in March last year due to the outbreak of H5 avian influenza outbreak in the Philippines.
There is no available data on the volume of chicken being shipped by the Philippines to South Korea.
