Philippines Food Safety System
Philippines Food Safety System
Philippines Food Safety System
Issues
Presented by :
CHRISTMASITA OBLEPIAS
FDRO III, BFAD
The Philippine Food safety
System is
Markets
Wholesalers
Distributors
Trader
Retailers Consumers
Farm Transporter
Processors
Manufacturers
Food Establishments
Air and Sea Ports
DOH
Farm: Agriculture and
Fisheries. Department of
Agriculture and Bureau of
Fisheries and Aquatic
Resources (BFAR)fisheries
and aquatic resources
protection and safety,
Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI),
for plant and plant health;
Fertilizer and Pesticide
Authority (FPA), for safe and
proper use of pesticides; and
the
Bureau of Animal
Industry(BAI), for animals and
animal health
FOOD INDUSTRY
Slaughterhouse - National
Meat Inspection Service
under the Department of
Agriculture (DA)
Food Processing - BFAD
Food Importation BFAD for
processed food
Raw fish, meat and
poultry DA.
FOOD SERVICES
Restaurants, and Institutional Food
Services - Schools, Hospitals,
Caterers, Carinderias, Streetfoods
Vendors -Local government
regulators/sanitary inspectors.
Policies - National Center for
Disease Prevention and Contro l-
Environmental Health and Occupational
Office
Ports and Seaports Caterers - Bureau
of Quarantine and International Health
Service of the Department of Health,
Household Food Consumption:
Consumers have the responsibility in
proper handling and storage of food at
home.
Water Safety. National standards for drinking water
and criteria for surface waters are set by the Local
Water Utilities.
Surveillance of Foodborne Diseases National
Epidemiology Center
Research Research Institute of Tropical Medicine
(RITM) the Food and Nutrition Research Institute
(FNRI) of the Department of Science and Technology
(DOST), the Philippine Council for Health Research
and Development (PCHRD).
Food Development Center under the National Food
Authority of the Department of Agriculture is another
government agency that undertakes research work on
food usually serving the industry
BFAD’s jurisdiction
Food processing sector
Regulatory tool
1. cGMP is mandatory to food
industries.
2. Hazard Analysis and Critical
Control Point (HACCP) .
The seafood industry has adopted this
system and is operationalized by a MOA
between BFAR-DA and BFAD-DOH.
FOOD SAFETY ISSUES IN THE PHILIPPINES
1. Pesticides
3. Aflatoxin
4. Histamines
5. Allergy
6. Red Tide
8. Microbiological Contamination
Food Industry Consumers
--Virginia Woolf
Thank you and may we have
a fruitful seminar!