{"id":178247,"date":"2018-08-23T21:30:59","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T01:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=178247"},"modified":"2018-08-23T21:30:59","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T01:30:59","slug":"doh-da-wont-allow-formalin-tainted-fish-ph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/08\/23\/doh-da-wont-allow-formalin-tainted-fish-ph\/","title":{"rendered":"DOH, DA won\u2019t allow formalin-tainted fish in PH"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_173623\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-173623\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Roque.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-173623\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Roque.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Roque.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Roque-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Roque-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Roque-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-173623\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If there are allegations like that, we have the Department of Health and Department of Agriculture on top of it,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a Palace briefing. TOTO LOZANO\/PRESIDENTIAL FILE PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Malaca\u00f1ang on Thursday assured that concerned government agencies are on top of the situation on the alleged formalin-tainted &#8220;<em>galunggong<\/em>&#8221; (round scad) from China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Kung may ganyan pong alegasyon meron naman po tayong<\/em>\u00a0Department of Health,<em>\u00a0meron tayong<\/em>\u00a0Department of Agriculture (If there are allegations like that, we have the Department of Health and Department of Agriculture on top of it),\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the DA and the DOH have heard these allegations and I don\u2019t think that the government will allow the entry of these tainted fish products,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>DOH said it will conduct an investigation on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Health Undersecretary Eric Domingo said the agency has already instructed agents to verify reports regarding the use of formalin on frozen fish, meat products, fruits, and vegetables in wet markets.<\/p>\n<p>Fisherfolk group Pamalakaya earlier warned the public about frozen fish from China, which are allegedly treated with formalin to keep them fresh.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Roque said government continues to address concerns on the rising price of fish which include lowering tariffs on imported fish to regulate food prices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Nandun na po tayo sa punto na magkakaroon na ng desisyon kung gagamitin natin ang pag-aangkat at pagbababa ng taripa para sa mga produktong ito para maipababa ang presyo ng bilihing ito<\/em>\u00a0(We are at a point where there will be a decision on whether we will import fish and lower tariffs for these products),\u201d Roque said<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Nagkaroon ng<\/em>\u00a0department order<em>\u00a0ang<\/em>\u00a0Department of Agriculture<em>\u00a0na pu-puwede nang mag-angkat ng ilang mga isda at puwede na ibenta sa merkado para mapababa ng presyo ng isda<\/em>\u00a0(The Department of Agriculture already has a department order to allow the importation of some fish that can be sold in the market at much lower prices),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Malaca\u00f1ang on Thursday assured that concerned government agencies are on top of the situation on the alleged formalin-tainted &#8220;galunggong&#8221; &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":173623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}