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                    [Title] => Australian chain bans imports of banana from Philippines
                    [Summary] => 

CANBERRA (Xinhua) - Australia's supermarket chain IGA said yesterday it would lobby the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) to knock back the recommendation that opened the door to future imports of bananas from Philippines.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-05 00:00:41 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 428530 [Title] => RP-Australia fumigation scheme to boost trade [Summary] =>

A fumigation accreditation scheme which will make it easier for Philippine companies to export their products to Australia is now being implemented.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 290189 [Title] => Export sector to set up a fumigation facility [Summary] => After the Australian government, through the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) de-listed Cebu as one of the "hot" ports to have Giant African Snail (GAS) origins, concerned sectors led by Philexport will immediately set up a P5 million to P10 million fumigation facility in Cebu.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 223671 [Title] => RP to comply with Australia’s new import rules on cargo [Summary] => The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), has agreed to comply with the new import rules of the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) requiring the fumigation of cargo coming from countries where giant African snails (GAS) exist.

BFAR director Malcolm Sarmiento Jr. has asked the BPI to help carry out the new AQIS directive.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 223463 [Title] => DA asks Australia to review ban on RP goods [Summary] => The Department of Agriculture (DA) will ask the Australian government to reconsider its recent ban on the entry of food and non-food products coming from all ports of the Philippines except Manila.

The prohibition stemmed from the alleged presence of giant African snails (GAS) in container vans that reached Australia’s ports in late July this year.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 223350 [Title] => Australia bans goods coming from all RP ports except Manila [Summary] => The Australian government has prohibited the entry of food and non-food products coming from all ports of the Philippines except Manila because of the alleged presence of giant African snails (GAS) in container vans that reached Australia’s ports in recent months.

Already, Cebu’s furniture exporters, are starting to feel the pinch with close to $6 million worth of products, including processed seaweeds, were barred from entering Australia because of the new import restrictions imposed by the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS).
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 185880 [Title] => Australia: Our beef is safe, ban not necessary [Summary] => SYDNEY – Australia said yesterday a Philippine ban on imported Australian beef was unnecessary and that a farm at the center of an anthrax scare has been quarantined.

The Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service said it had not been informed of the ban but that there was "really no reason" for any ban on the produce.

"We’re talking about one animal on one property in Victoria and that animal has been destroyed," said quarantine spokesman David Finlayson.

The property would be quarantined for a total of 42 days, he added.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 167074 [Title] => Aussie ban on RP bananas not final — DA [Summary] => Pointing out that the reported ban by Australia on Philippine bananas is not final yet, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said yesterday it will seek clarification on the draft import risk analysis (IRA) issued by the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) over the weekend. The IRA report recommended that Philippine bananas be banned from entering Australia because of quarantine considerations.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097177 [AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [ArticleID] => 445410
                    [Title] => Australian chain bans imports of banana from Philippines
                    [Summary] => 

CANBERRA (Xinhua) - Australia's supermarket chain IGA said yesterday it would lobby the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) to knock back the recommendation that opened the door to future imports of bananas from Philippines.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-05 00:00:41 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 428530 [Title] => RP-Australia fumigation scheme to boost trade [Summary] =>

A fumigation accreditation scheme which will make it easier for Philippine companies to export their products to Australia is now being implemented.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 290189 [Title] => Export sector to set up a fumigation facility [Summary] => After the Australian government, through the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) de-listed Cebu as one of the "hot" ports to have Giant African Snail (GAS) origins, concerned sectors led by Philexport will immediately set up a P5 million to P10 million fumigation facility in Cebu.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 223671 [Title] => RP to comply with Australia’s new import rules on cargo [Summary] => The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), has agreed to comply with the new import rules of the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) requiring the fumigation of cargo coming from countries where giant African snails (GAS) exist.

BFAR director Malcolm Sarmiento Jr. has asked the BPI to help carry out the new AQIS directive.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 223463 [Title] => DA asks Australia to review ban on RP goods [Summary] => The Department of Agriculture (DA) will ask the Australian government to reconsider its recent ban on the entry of food and non-food products coming from all ports of the Philippines except Manila.

The prohibition stemmed from the alleged presence of giant African snails (GAS) in container vans that reached Australia’s ports in late July this year.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 223350 [Title] => Australia bans goods coming from all RP ports except Manila [Summary] => The Australian government has prohibited the entry of food and non-food products coming from all ports of the Philippines except Manila because of the alleged presence of giant African snails (GAS) in container vans that reached Australia’s ports in recent months.

Already, Cebu’s furniture exporters, are starting to feel the pinch with close to $6 million worth of products, including processed seaweeds, were barred from entering Australia because of the new import restrictions imposed by the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS).
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 185880 [Title] => Australia: Our beef is safe, ban not necessary [Summary] => SYDNEY – Australia said yesterday a Philippine ban on imported Australian beef was unnecessary and that a farm at the center of an anthrax scare has been quarantined.

The Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service said it had not been informed of the ban but that there was "really no reason" for any ban on the produce.

"We’re talking about one animal on one property in Victoria and that animal has been destroyed," said quarantine spokesman David Finlayson.

The property would be quarantined for a total of 42 days, he added.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 167074 [Title] => Aussie ban on RP bananas not final — DA [Summary] => Pointing out that the reported ban by Australia on Philippine bananas is not final yet, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said yesterday it will seek clarification on the draft import risk analysis (IRA) issued by the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) over the weekend. The IRA report recommended that Philippine bananas be banned from entering Australia because of quarantine considerations.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097177 [AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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