00:00The Department of Agriculture is encouraging the public to report those who sell overpriced rice to the market.
00:11Here's what you can do according to the government.
00:14Get a picture of the rice that sells overpriced rice.
00:18Post it or send it to the official social media pages of the DA.
00:22Also use the hashtag DABantayPreso.
00:26The DA also warns those who discovered the wrong labeling of the rice they sell
00:31so that it can be priced at a higher price.
00:34To address this, the Department of Trade and Industry is now cooperating with the DA
00:41to implement the Unified Labeling Guidelines for rice.
00:47You can see the type of rice, the place where it was harvested,
00:52the price of processing the rice, and the percentage of damage.
00:56According to the latest monitoring of the DA,
00:58the price of local rice in Metro Manila ranges from Php 37 to Php 63 per kilo.
01:05You can buy imported rice for Php 38 to Php 61 per kilo.
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