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Sunday, June 18, 2017
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ILOILO City – Councilor Ely Estante is aiming to have a proposed ordinance requiring food establishments to offer a half-cup rice serving passed on first reading during the Sangguniang Panlungsod session this Tuesday.
The measure was filed in response to the Department of Agriculture’s call to prevent the wastage of rice, a Filipino food staple and one of the major agricultural products of the Philippines.
Estante, agriculture committee chairman, said Myriam G. Layaoen, director of the Agriculture department’s Be RiCEponsible campaign, urged the city government to enact an ordinance that would help lessen rice wastage.
Nine grams, or almost 2 teaspoons, of rice were wasted by every Filipino every day in 2008, Estante said, citing a study.
The wasted rice may feed almost 2.5 million Filipinos annually and was equivalent to more than 12 percent of Philippine rice imports in the same year, he said.
His survey of around 175 food establishments, excluding hotels, in the city showed 43 were not serving half-cup rice, said the councilor.
Food establishments covered by the measure will include fast-food chains, Estante said.
Under the proposed ordinance, violators will be warned on first offense and fined with P3,000 on second offense and P5,000 on third offense. Revocation of business permit shall be the severest penalty.
If the measure is passed, Iloilo City will join more than 18 cities in the Philippines with a similar ordinance. (PNA)
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