Question & AnswerQ&A (BAI ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 08, S. 2004)
The main objective is to properly register and license all livestock, poultry and its by-products handlers and to accredit livestock transport vehicles and vessels, maintaining disease-free areas and ensuring safe, clean, and orderly handling through various marketing stages.
Classifications include Livestock Dealers (LD), Poultry Dealers (PD), Milk Dealers (MD), Egg Dealers (ED), Hide Dealers (HD), Skin Dealers (SD), Manure and Dung Dealers (MDD), and Game Fowl Dealers (GFD).
The order recognizes Land Transport Carriers (LTC), Water Transport Carriers (WTC), and Air Transport Carriers (ATC).
Any person or business entity engaged in the inter-provincial or regional handling and distribution of livestock, poultry, and its by-products, or any carrier engaged in transporting these products must comply.
All applicants must undergo a seminar or lecture covering proper handling, disease control, quarantine rules, and responsibilities of handlers and carriers. Failure to attend disqualifies applicants from licensing or accreditation.
Violators may be sanctioned under Article 19 and/or 164 of Republic Act 7394. Their license and accreditation may be revoked after a hearing. Government personnel failing to enforce the order may face administrative charges.
The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) under the Department of Agriculture is responsible for licensing and accreditation.
Requirements include Special Power of Attorney for single proprietors, certificates and Articles of Partnership or Incorporation for partnerships or corporations, notarized application form, recent ID pictures, Tax Identification Number, Business Permit, and a self-addressed envelope.
Agencies involved include the Bureau of Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture regional units, Department of Interior and Local Government, Provincial Government Units, Provincial Veterinarian, Local Government Units, City/Municipal Veterinarians, National Quarantine Veterinary Services, Philippine National Police, National Meat Inspection Commission, Philippine Ports Authority, and Philippine Coast Guard.