National Food Authority administrator Angelito T Banayo said the agency has enough rice to meet the demands of relief agencies and local government units (LGUs) providing assistance to victims particularly in areas affected by typhoon “Basyang” ...Read more>>
National Food Authority administrator Angelito T Banayo assures the country has a stable rice supply for the lean months citing NFA’s intensive palay buying during the summer harvest among the factors that contributes to attaining supply stability ...Read more>>
The establishment of a contaminants laboratory at the Food Development Center (FDC) of the National Food Authority in Taguig City is expected to raise confidence for the country’s agricultural, fisheries and animal foods and food products in the international market
FDC was designated to operate the Department of Agriculture’s official contaminants laboratory with state-of-the-art testing equipment such as the Liquid Chromatograph tandem Mass Spectrometer or LC/MS/MS ...Read more>>
The Food Development Center (FDC) of the National Food Authority (NFA) will conduct a training course on the “Establishment of Thermal Processes for Canned Foods” on August 17-20, 2010 at the FDC Compound, FTI Complex, Taguig City
The training course aims to upgrade the technical capability of participants from the canned food industry in establishing adequate thermal processes for canned foods ...Read more>>
Filipinos who are used to eating white rice may soon shift to eating iron fortified rice (IFR) which slightly turns grayish when cooked but has more nutritional values because of the added iron
This was shown in the acceptance studies of IFR conducted by the National Food Authority-Food Development Center among respondents in three (3) separate elementary schools in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao areas from August to November, 2009 ...Read more>>
The Royal Thai Embassy and Team Thailand turned over some 520 metric tons (MT) or 10,400 bags of rice to the Philippine Government for distribution to the victims of typhoon Ondoy after the signing of the deed of rice donation between the two countries represented by Ambassador Kulkumut Singhara Na Ayudhaya and National Food Authority Administrator Jessup P Navarro ...Read more>>
