National Veterinary Quarantine Services seized tons of smuggled meat from an African swine fever "red area" on Tuesday (March 3) at Port of Matnog in Sorsogon. <br /><br />According to local reports, some labels on the products indicate that the meat arrived from China and Korea. <br /><br />In early February the Philippines detected their first African swine fever outbreak. <br /><br />The disease is highly contagious and has no cure or vaccine, but poses no direct health threat to humans.
