Implementation of P.D. No. 7 Re: Regulation of the Orderly Marketing of Livestock and Animal Products
Letter of Instructions No. 16, issued on October 1, 1972, mandates the implementation of Presidential Decree No. 7 to regulate the marketing of livestock and animal products, aiming to stabilize meat prices amid a national emergency. The Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources is tasked with establishing a National Meat Inspection System within 15 days, while the Secretary of National Defense must ensure the safe transport of these products and prevent extortion. Local officials are ordered to halt any fees related to livestock production and marketing, apart from specified inspection fees. Additionally, the Price Control Council is directed to review and potentially lower the ceiling prices for meat and animal products to benefit consumers.
October 1, 1972
LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 16
| TO | : | The Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| The Secretary of National Defense | ||
| The Provincial Governors, City and Municipal Mayors | ||
| The Chairman and Members, Price Control Council |
In view of the present national emergency and our desire to reform our society, and following the promulgation of Presidential Decree No. 7, dated October 1, 1972, as a means of arresting increases in the prices of meat, you are all hereby ordered to immediately implement and enforce strictly the provisions of Presidential Decree No. 7, with regulates the orderly marketing of livestock and animal products and establishes stricter control over animal feeds for the benefit of the mass of our people, particularly for consumers and those engaged in the livestock industry. aisa dc
The Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources shall, within 15 days, organize and establish the National Meat Inspection System with its defined functions and procedures as promulgated in this Presidential Decree.
The Secretary of National Defense shall see the safe, speedy, and economical movement of livestock and animal products through the marketing channels, prevent the interception of vehicles carrying such products by any person for the purpose of committing any form of extortion and harassment and forthwith arrest and detain such persons under Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972.
Provincial Governors and City and Municipal Mayors shall forthwith cease and desist from imposing and collecting any and all fees and charges on the production, slaughter, transport, and marketing of livestock and animal products within their respective jurisdictions, except ante-mortem and post-mortem fees authorized by the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources or by the National Meat Inspection System to be established hereafter. aisa dc
The Price Control Council is hereby directed to review the ceiling prices of meats and other animal products in view of the reduced marketing costs arising from the implementation of the aforesaid Presidential Decree with the objective of reducing meat retail prices to consumers to the extent possible. The Council is to approve new price ceilings for such products within 30 days from today. cdt
DONE in the City of Manila, this 1st day of October, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Two.