By: Rodrigo S. Victoria
NAVAL, Biliran – An official of the National Food Authority (NFA) in Biliran province on Monday, Sept 16, disclosed that the agency started to sell regular milled local rice to its accredited retail outlets effective today, Monday, September 16, 2013.
Privately hired personnel of NFA-Biliran operate the milling of the locally procured palay in Biliran province in the rice milling machine located inside the NFA-Biliran compound as NFA-Biliran started selling regular milled local rice to the NFA accredited retail outlets in Biliran province starting September 16, 2013. (rvictoria/PIA8 Biliran)
Milagros O. Caneja, provincial economist of NFA-Biliran, informed that the authority to sell regular milled local rice was granted by the NFA regional office in Eastern Visayas this week based on earlier request of NFA-Biliran for an authority to sell regular milled local rice.
Caneja said that the NFA regional office only allowed the 60:40 disposal ratio based on the authority granted.
Each NFA accredited retail outlet is given daily allocation of four bags of regular milled local rice and two bags iron fortified rice, Caneja said.
However, she clarified that the daily allocation of regular milled local rice to the NFA accredited retail outlet will be made available depending on the supply of the local palay stocks for milling in NFA-Biliran.
It was learned that NFA-Biliran has stocks inventory of 2,219 bags of local rice and 21,301 bags of palay for milling as of September 13, 2013.
She added that the regular milled local rice now sold by NFA accredited retail outlets in the market and in the barangays has the same retail price at P27 per kilo.
She also advised the consumers to look at the price label on the NFA regular milled local rice now sold by NFA accredited retail outlet in the market to avoid buying this type of rice at a price the same with the commercial rice.
NFA accredited retail outlet caught overpricing NFA regular milled local rice will face sanctions in accordance with the guidelines set by the agency for its accredited retail outlets. (PIA 8 Biliran)