Philippine Thrust

 Food safety
 Animal and
plant health
programs
• The Agriculture and Fisheries
Modernization Act (AFMA) of 1997 also known as
RA 8435

“prescribes urgent related measures to

modernize the agriculture and fisheries
sectors of the country in order to enhance
their profitability, and prepare said sectors for
the challenges of globalization through an
adequate, focused and rational delivery of
necessary support services.”
 Regulatory
Agencies in the
Philippines
 Bureau of Plant Industry

PROMOTES
 research and development,
 crop production and protection, and;
 effective technology promotion and
transfer.
Bureau of Plant Industry
 Protection of agricultural crops from pests
and diseases (E.O. 116);
 Recommend plant quarantine policies and
prescribe rules and regulations for the
prevention, control and eradication of pests,
diseases and injuries to plants and plant
products (E.O. 116);
 As stated in the Plant Quarantine Law
(P.D.1433):

“Prevent the introduction of exotic

pests in the country and prevent further
spread of plant pests already existing
from infested to pest-free areas and to
enforce phytosanitary measures for the
export of plants, plant products and
regulated articles”;
 Establish pesticide laboratories
all over the country
 to monitor levels of pesticide
residue
 generate data for the
establishment of Maximum
Residue Levels (MRLs) (L.O.I.
986);
 Ensure safe supply of
fresh agricultural crops
 improve the quality of
local fresh agricultural
crops and promote its
export (R.A. 7394);
BAI
• Bureau of Animal
Industry
BAI
forefront of ensuring

BAI
animal health, as well
as food safety and
quality.

BAI
BAI do the inspection of products
on the basis of
 quality, safety,
 good manufacturing practices
(GMP)/sanitation,
 bio-safety, product
transport/movement and;
 export/import control within their
area of coverage (animals for
slaughter).
NMIC
• National Meat

NMIC
Inspection Commission
accreditation of quality

NMIC
assessors for slaughter
houses.
• Other tasks:
• Regulatory Services
- manages a systematic evaluation
(classification) and computation of
rated capacity of meat plant activities
and transport vehicles
• Other tasks:
• Regulatory Services
- directs the agency’s review and
compliance activity relating to
transport, storage and distribution of
meat
• Other tasks:
Meat Import/Export Services
- ensures that meat and
meat products have been
produced under condition
and system equivalent to the
NMIC
BFAR
• Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic
Resources (BFAR)

BFAR
 Conducts inspection, monitoring
and verification of fish processing
plants and fish and fishery
products for export and import;

BFAR
 Conducts inspection of
processing plants for domestic
consumption, market and fishing
port complex;
• Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
(BFAR)
 Conducts inspection, monitoring and
verification of fish processing plants
and fish and fishery products for
export and import;
 Conducts inspection of processing
plants for domestic consumption,
market and fishing port complex;
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic
Resources (BFAR)
Tasks: Conducts physical, chemical and
microbiological analysis of fishery
products in support of export and
import
• Issues commodity clearance and
other requirements for fish and fishery
products
FPA
• Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority
(FPA)

FPA
Task:
• Protect the public from risks

FPA
inherent in the use of pesticides
and educate the agricultural sector
in the use of these inputs.
• Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA)

Task:

•Protect the public from

risks inherent in the use of
pesticides and educate the
agricultural sector in the
use of these inputs.
BAFPS
BAFPS
BAFPS
Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries
Product Standards
 formulate and enforce standards of

BAFPS
quality that will ensure human, anima
and plant health and safety,
 competitiveness and efficiency in the
marketing and
 trade of agriculture, livestock and
fisheries and aquaculture products.
• Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries
Product Standards (BAFPS)
•formulate and enforce standards of
quality that will ensure human, animal
and plant health and safety,
competitiveness and efficiency in the
marketing and trade of agriculture,
livestock and fisheries and aquaculture
products.
 Current Technical Assistance and Capacity
Building Activities

Technical assistance and capacity

building includes all activities undertaken
by international organizations such as
FAO and the WTO, as well as donor
countries in support of the Philippines’
effort to strengthen the food control,
animal and plant health systems and
programs.
 Food Safety

- Seminar/Workshop on Hazard Analysis and

Critical Control Point (HACCP)
- Seminar on mutual recognition
arrangement for conformity assessment
- Training of food specialists
Animal Health

- Participation in the regional training on

meat inspection (in Asia)
- Seminar/workshop on disease control
on fish and shrimp aquaculture in
Southeast Asia
- Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) control
project
Plant Health

-Technical discussions on the fresh fruit entry

protocols
-Briefings on developments in Codex on aflatoxin
standards
-Pesticide Monitoring System Development Project

Note: Most of the technical assistance provided

were in the form of information dissemination,
technical level training, and “soft” infrastructure
development.
1. Resources needed for obligations and
rights
- The limited resources of
developing countries restrict them in
meeting the requirements and to take full
advantage of their rights and market
access.
- It also limits developing countries
in participating efficiently in the setting
of international standards.
2. Complex conditions
- Some importing and developed
countries are employing standards that
are more stringent than the set
standards in the domestic markets as
well as the prevailing international
standards.
3. Domestic infrastructure
- The lack of administrative and
legislative coordination pose
tremendous drawbacks in the
capabilities of the developing
countries to comply with SPS
measures.
 Acknowledgement

GILBERTO F. LAYESE
Director, Bureau of Agriculture and
Fisheries Product Standards
Department of Agriculture, Philippines
Thank
you!