PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 7, September 30, 1972
PRESCRIBING THE ORDERLY MARKETING OF LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS AND NEW REGULATIONS ON ANIMAL FEEDS[]
products have been increasing to the detriment of our people inspite of
government efforts to expand the production of livestock and animal
products;
WHEREAS, the livestock and poultry industry is one
of the major agricultural industries of the Philippines and its
accelerated development would mean the increased production of meat and
other animal products necessary to improve the health of the people and
to bolster the national economy;
WHEREAS, producers and marketers of livestock and
animal products encounter numerous legal and illegal fees and charges in
the production, transport, and marketing of their products;
WHEREAS, these fees and charges operate to increase
livestock production and marketing costs and therefore increase meat
prices;
WHEREAS, the livestock industry also largely depends
upon the quality of animal feeds and therefore a stricter law to
control and regulate the manufacture, importation, sale and distribution
of animal feeds is imperative;
WHEREAS, there were pending before Congress prior to
the promulgation of Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972,
certain priority measures vital to the livestock industry;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, as
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and
pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General
Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, as amended, in order to effect
the desired reforms in the social, economic, and political structure of
the country, do hereby order and decree that, with the exception of
ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection fees, as well as delivery,
stockyard, and slaughter or fees as may be authorized by the Secretary
of Agriculture and Natural Resources the collection of all other fees
and charges including reinspection fees, inventory fees, certificate of
ownership fees, transfer certificate fees, Mayor’s permits, City Hall
fees, customs fees, shipping certificate fees, and check-point charges
are hereby terminated.
Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection of animals and their carcasses
done by duly designated veterinarians in the employ of the National
Government shall be valid when the said carcasses are transported from
any accredited slaughterhouse in the Philippines to any trading center
in the country, provided the safeguards for the proper transport of the
meat are undertaken. Any additional post-mortem inspection if deemed
necessary are to be done only at the request of the buyer and only by
veterinarians in the employ of the National-Government or by
veterinarians duly accredited by the National Meat Inspection Commission
to be organized as specified hereunder.
The Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources is hereby
authorized to establish a National Meat Inspection Commission which
shall promulgate, with his approval, specific policies and procedures
governing the flow of livestock and livestock products through the
various stages of marketing and the proper preservation and inspection
of such products. Such policies and procedures shall thereafter have the
effect of law and shall be implemented by the Secretary of Agriculture
and Natural Resources, by the National Meat Inspection Commission, by
the Bureau of Animal Industry, and by all other agencies and
instrumentalities of the national, provincial, city and municipal
governments.
I also hereby order and decree that Senate Bill No. 627, as hereto
attached and entitled” “AN ACT TO AMEND THE TITLE AND CERTAIN
SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY FEEDS ACT, AND TO PROVIDE
FUNDS THEREFOR,” shall be adopted and approved, as it is hereby
adopted, approved, and made as part of the law of the land.
Done in the City of Manila, this 30th day of September, in the year
of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two.
President
Republic of the Philippines
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