February 10, 2025 | 12:00 am in the morning
Manila, Philippines – The National Food Authority is expected to start publishing at least 700,000 bags of NFA rice (LGU) this week as part of the implementation of food security emergency.
In a radio interview yesterday, Agriculture Assistant Secretary and spokesperson Arnel De Mamea said that the NFA shares sell rice shares per kg, and the LGUs can resell the main at 35 per kg.
“There is still a need to address the bureaucratic process between the NFA, Food Terminal Inc. and LGs. All this will be finalized this week, and a total of 700,000 bags,” DE. Said Mesa.
On February 4, the country’s food security was kept under the emergency of the country as the government’s actions failed to pull rice prices.
Citing the “extraordinary increase in rice prices,” Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel announced the Food Security Emergency on the basis of the 10 -member National Price Integration Council resolution.
With the announcement of food safety emergency, the NFA can start selling its rice shares.
“Priority areas include Metro Manila. Outside the National Capital Region, priority areas have high retail price (rice) based on a study of the Philippines Statistical Authority. In Regional 7, especially in Sebu, ”said De Mesa.
De Macea added that the release of NFA rice is necessary to release the warehouses from the stock at the time of the harvest of local farmers.
“The efficiency of the NFA’s warehouses is very low. That is the purpose (food safety emergency),” he added.
He noted that the harvest for the dry season will already begin until April in March.
According to De Mesa, Diu Laurel will immediately raise the food safety emergency as soon as the retail price of the rice is reduced.
Apart from the food safety emergency, the administrative order has reduced the imported rice tariff by 15 percent after imported rice after 62 and failed to cut prices.
DA in Metro Manila Markets Based on monitoring, the retail price of the imported rice is still sold for up to a kilo of P 60, despite the maximum SRP.
Imported premium rice was sold for P58 per kg; Imported well grinded rice, P45 per kg and regular rice, P46 per kg.
Despite the fact that the Max SRP does not comply, they will not be issued no violation notice to allow them to sell their old stocks, de Mamea said.
Healthy food options
The Philippines Rice Research Institute (Bilries) said that the technicians of the Philries said that healthy food options could be available soon as Pygi Fran-Symmetric Yogurt has been created.
Advanced yogurt stabilized rice bran -the outer layer of red and black rice is named for its high -food fiber, vitamins, mineral content and phyto chemicals.
Carruz said these nutrients may provide various health benefits, including antioxidant activity and anti -inflammatory, anti -cancer, anti -health and antidiatic properties, which are a more healthy alternative to yogurt -based probiotics.
“We are doing it even better by using buffalo milk in partnership with the Center for the Central Luna State University and enriching it with pigment rice Bran.”
Bilries has also developed a variety of functional foods made from brown rice, low glycemic index rice and sprouted brown rice.
“These diets are in line with the government’s efforts to address the three loads of nutritional deficiency: malnutrition or waste and burial, the lack of microbial deficiency or essential vitamins and minerals, and the health hazard or excessive diet can lead to obesity.”
