03/09/2021
According to Republic Act 8485 Section 6
Rabbit is included as Livestock
The following animals are included as livestock
"Cattle, pigs, goats, sheep, poultry, RABBITS , carabaos, horses, deer and crocodiles "
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The Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Standards (BAFS) has started consultations on the draft Philippine National Standard (PNS) on rabbit slaughtering practices, which will be scrutinized by the public and private stakeholders.
BAFS is an attached agency of the Department of Agriculture (DA) mandated to “formulate and enforce standards of quality in the processing, preservation, packaging, labeling, importation, exportation, distribution and advertising of agricultural and fisheries products.”
BAFS said a technical working group (TWG) has been created, composed of representatives from regulatory agencies, academe, research institutions, and a private sector organization to oversee the crafting of the PNS. The TWG will meet next month to deliberate on the comments and information gathered from the initial consultation to craft a working draft standard.
BAFS said the crafting of the PNS on rabbit meat slaughtering stemmed from an agreement forged between the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) and the Association of Rabbit Meat Producers Inc. (ARaMP) last year.
BAI and ARaMP noted that standards related to rabbit production must be developed to support the development of the industry.
“The objective is to promote rabbit meat as an alternative source of protein after the swine industry was devastated by the African swine fever [ASF],” BAFS said. | via Business Mirror