Hi Tommy the current Philippines food-related laws enacted by Congress:
• Consumer Act of the Philippines
Provide mandate to Dept of Health to elaborate standards related to food, drug, cosmetics and devices Food, Drug and Devices, and Cosmetics Act
– Main food law of the Philippines
– Delegates responsibility to Bureau of Food and Drug(BFAD) to
FDA empowered to issue regulations related to food
standards:
•Food additives
•Hygiene
•Administrative Order No. 153 s.2004: Guidelines, current good manufacturing
practices in manufacturing, packing repacking or holding food;
Bureau Circular 01-A s. 2004: Guidelines for the assessment of microbiological quality
of processed foods
•Labelling
•Administrative Order No. 16-s. 1979: Date marking of prepackaged foods;
Administrative Order No. 88-B s. 1984: Rules and regulations governing the labeling
of prepackaged food products distributed in the Philippines;
Bureau Circular No. 9 s. 1999: Labelling of prepackaged processed meat products;
Bureau Circular 2007-002: Guidelines in the use of nutrition and health claims in food
•Weights and measures
•Bureau Circular 6A s. 1998: Permissible net content variation in pre-packaged
Other food-related laws enacted by Congress:
• Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997
– Mandates Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Product Standards
(BAFPS) to draft agriculture standards and enforcement
• The Meat Inspection Code of the Philippines
– Mandates the National Meat Inspection Services (NMIS) as the sole
national controlling authority for meat and meat products
