The Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Products Standards are sponsoring a seminar on “Food Defense Awareness” to prevent international contamination of food products today and tomorrow at Bacolod Pavillon Hotel in Bacolod City.

Ramon Uy Jr., president of Organic na Negros! Organic Producers and Retailers Association and owner of Fresh Start Organics, said the seminar aims to raise awareness on food and to develop a “defense plan” particularly on specific products based on a commodity group that have export potentials to United States of America or those that are now exported there.

He said food technologists and food producers must know all these because food products can be contaminated by chemical, physical, biological, or radiological agents.

To be discussed are Introduction to Food Defense and Economically Motivated Adulteration, Regional and Trading Partner Initiatives on Food Defense, Philippine Government Initiatives on Food Defense, Industry Experience on Food Defense, Vulnerability Assessment and Mitigation Measures for Critical Operations.

The speakers are Karen Kristine Roscom of BAFPS, Dr. Alonzo Gabriel of University of the Philippines-Diliman, Prof. Emeliza Lozada of UP-Visayas, Dr. Dulce Flores of UP-Mindanao, Josephine del Mundo of Universal Robina Corporation, Marvin Sison of Royal Breadhouse, and Sonny Argao of MLhullier Food Products.*LTG

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