Pangasinan Travel & Living » Mangaldan http://pangasinantravel.com Travel to Pangasinan Tue, 01 May 2012 09:44:17 +0000 en hourly 1 Pork in Mangaldan is Safe to Eat http://pangasinantravel.com/health/pork-in-mangaldan-is-safe-to-eat/ http://pangasinantravel.com/health/pork-in-mangaldan-is-safe-to-eat/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 13:26:32 +0000 Pangasinan http://pangasinantravel.com/?p=26 Mangaldan mayor Herminio Romero said that pork in Mangaldan is safe to eat. He explained that the sick pig in the video interview of barangay chairman did not come from Mangaldan Pangasinan. It was slaughtered outside the town. This was not explained in the TV interview which caused the scare thus the drop in in sales of pork in Mangaldan.

After the boodle fight the people are enlightened that the hogs and pork being sold in the said town are safe to eat.

Only Mangaldan, Urdaneta City, and Alaminos City have Class AA slaughterhouses in Pangasinan.

Mayor Romero added that Mangaldan is very strict with the sanitation at the slaughterhouse, as well as, the health of the animals being slaughtered there.

]]> http://pangasinantravel.com/health/pork-in-mangaldan-is-safe-to-eat/feed/ 0 Mangaldan Boodle Fight http://pangasinantravel.com/festival/mangaldan-boodle-fight/ http://pangasinantravel.com/festival/mangaldan-boodle-fight/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 13:59:30 +0000 Pangasinan http://pangasinantravel.com/?p=5 At least 5, 000 people in Mangaldan Pangasinan partake pork dishes for free at the grand town plaza. Pork viands and steamed rice are laid out on banana leaves. Mangaldan municipal government in the leadership of Mayor Herminio Romero, along with vendors, tambays, and other sectors held the event to reassure residents that it’s still safe to eat pork. Income on Pork related businesses significantly decreased because of global swine flu scare which is also n=known as influenza A(H1N1).

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