00:00The Department of Agriculture has removed the label of imported rice.
00:04The government is also considering the implementation of the Food Security Emergency,
00:10following the increase in the price of rice.
00:13Clayzel Fardilia is in the center of the news.
00:15Clayzel?
00:17To reduce the high price of rice,
00:20the Department of Agriculture is planning to remove the label of imported rice,
00:26including the implementation of premium and special rice
00:30that is used for some reason to reduce and increase the price of rice.
00:36The DA is targeting to remove the label of imported rice next year.
00:41This is the statement of the Department of Agriculture.
00:45For example, the land is only 40.
00:49But because they will do it,
00:51they will brand it as premium or special.
00:55This is the brand.
00:56The price will be higher.
00:58We saw that it will be 60-plus.
01:01It's like they are taking too much profit.
01:06The implementation of premium and special rice is really too much.
01:12The DA is also considering the declaration of the Food Security Emergency
01:17to reduce the high price of rice.
01:20The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety is allowed to remove the label of imported rice
01:25or the FDI is allowed to increase the number of imported rice
01:30so that it can compete with the importers.
01:37There are things that the Secretary can do,
01:39including the importation of rice to the DA.
01:45There are two conditions there.
01:47First, there is a lack of supply.
01:51Second, the price is high.
01:53Like now, we can see that the price is high.
01:57So that's a possibility.
01:58The MPCC should recommend to the Secretary.
02:03And the Secretary can declare a food emergency upon careful recommendation.
02:11To help those who want to have a high price of rice,
02:17the Department of Agriculture will continue to sell 40 pesos of well-milled rice
02:23under the Rice For All program.
02:27That is the latest news.
02:29We will return to the studio.
02:31Thank you very much, Weizel Pardilla.
