Administrative Order No. 10 Series of 2008 on the Guidelines for the Certification of Good Animal Husbandry Practices (GAHP). Country/Territory Philippines Document type Regulation Date 2008 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock, Food & nutrition Keyword Certification Drugs Food quality control/food safety Procedural matters Processing/handling Consumer protection Public health Animal health Animal welfare Animal feed/feedstuffs Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, North Pacific, South-Eastern Asia Entry into force notes This Order enters into force 15 days after its publication in a newspaper of national circulation. Abstract This Administrative Order establishes the Guidelines for the Certification of Good Animal Husbandry Practices (GAHP). To assure that agricultural farms comply with GAHP there is an imperative need to provide specific guidelines in GAHP Certification. The certification of agricultural farms is aimed to attain the following: 1. increase the market access of animal products both in the local and foreign markets; 2. empower farmers to respond to the demands of consumers that specific criteria in the trade of goods to achieve food safety and quality be met; 3. facilitate farmer adoption of sustainable agricultural practices; 4. uplift GAHP-agricultural farm operators profile as member of the nationally recognized list of animal industry producers who are setting the benchmark for the production of safe and quality meat and meat products; 5. enable consumers exercise the option of buying quality meat and meat products from traceable and certified sources; 6. support and facilitate disease control programme. The Guidelines aim at establishing the rules applied by the Department of Agriculture (DA) for granting, maintaining and withdrawing Good Animal Husbandry Practices (GAHP) Certificate to individual raisers or farm operators in the livestock sector or to their Produce Marketing Organizations (PMOs) that market and or trade the produce. Full text English Website spsissuances.da.gov.ph References - Legislation Implements Philippine National Standards (PNS) Code of Good Animal Husbandry Practices (GAHP) PNS/BAFPS 60:2008. Legislation | Philippines | 2008 Keyword: Drugs, Food quality control/food safety, Procedural matters, Processing/handling, Consumer protection, Public health, Animal health, Animal welfare, Animal feed/feedstuffs Source: FAO, FAOLEX