‘Hot meat’ law gets tougher
By TJ Burgonio
President Aquino has signed a law criminalizing the sale of “hot meat,” a potential source of disease for unsuspecting consumers.
President Aquino has signed a law criminalizing the sale of “hot meat,” a potential source of disease for unsuspecting consumers.
Some 3.9 million families went hungry in the first quarter of the year, up by around 600,000 from the previous quarter, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) Survey.
Three Chinese farmers were held for operating an illegal pork business selling meat from pigs that died of disease, state media said Monday, the latest in a series of food scandals to hit China.
Prices of pork and poultry will not go up in spite of a new Department of Agriculture (DA) order that seeks to curb the smuggling of meat by fly-by-night operators, two associations of local meat producers said on Saturday.
Brace for higher meat prices, thanks to the limits on meat importation imposed by the Department of Agriculture (DA), an industry group has warned.
Agriculture sector leaders on Friday said the government needs to work harder after customs officials seized Vietnam rice shipments worth P1.2 billion that were slipped through a Cebu port this week.
Global sales of instant noodles have topped 100 billion units annually, an industry group said Friday — more than one monthly serving of the portable meal for every person on the planet.
Manufacturers of chicharon (pork crackling) and ampao (popped rice) in Carcar City can adopt the business model of delicacy manufacturers in Thailand where they prepare their goods near their display areas.
Scientists have successfully bred a rice variety that is salt-tolerant, which could enable farmers to reclaim coastal areas rendered useless by sea water, a Philippine-based institute said Tuesday.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lifted the ban on the importation, distribution and sale of “magic sugar” in the country but will strictly require traders and distributors to secure an authorization from the agency and properly label their products.
The Department of Health on Wednesday issued a shellfish ban in three bays in Mindanao due to red tide toxin.
China’s bird flu outbreak is “devastating” poultry sales, an industry group said Tuesday, as the H7N9 virus which has killed seven people triggered a new food safety scare.
To Chinese professor Yuan Longping, the acknowledged developer of hybrid rice and a 2001 Magsaysay awardee for government service, rice wastage should be condemned and must be considered a crime.
