The Department of Agriculture (DA) is tracing the doable resellers of expired smuggled meat lately seized by the company and the Bureau of Customs in a warehouse in Meycauayan, Bulacan.
“‘Yung traceability, ‘yun ang isa sa dapat nating tutukan. From point of entry, saan pumunta ang meat, ‘yung cold storage, sino ang nag-pull out sa cold storage, saan nakarating… Lahat ng lumahok sa value chain, pwede silang maparusahan,” DA spokesperson Assistant Secretary Kristine Evangelista stated in an interview on Dobol B sa GTV.
(The traceability is amongst these we must always give attention to. From the purpose of entry, the place the meat went, the chilly storage, who pulled it out from the chilly storage, and the place it goes… All who participated within the worth chain may very well be charged.)
“Kapag binili tapos ni-resell [ang expired meat], pwede silang makasuhan…,” she stated.
(If they purchased after which resold the expired meat, they may very well be sued.)
Citing the Meat Inspection Code of the Philippines, the DA official stated the importer, proprietor of the chilly storage facility, and resellers of the seized smuggled meat might face six to 12 years in jail.
On Tuesday, the DA and BOC seized tons of expired meat estimated to be value round P35 million in a warehouse in Meycauayan.
Authorities are conducting a full stock of the seized meat and investigating the place the repacked gadgets are being offered.
“It has to be emphasized sa mga tumatangkilik sa mga smuggled na commodity, that is not safe. Food safety is compromised,” Evangelista stated. —Ted Cordero/ VAL, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
