DOH MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR, August 01, 1980
DELINEATION OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF P.D. 856 AT THE MANILA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND AT THE NORTH AND SOUTH HARBORS OF MANILA
efficiency, the responsibility for the implementation of P.D. 856,
otherwise known as the Sanitation Code of the Philippines, particularly
Chapters II, III and XV to XVIII thereof, in the Manila International
Airport and at the North and South Harbors of Manila, shall devolve
solely on the Bureau of Quarantine, this Ministry.
The Bureau of Quarantine shall thereby exercise supervision and
control over the sanitation of eating establishments, issue the
necessary sanitary permits thereto and their employ-MIA, including
airline catering points and at the Manila North and South Harbors.
In the latter, the piers and all establishments within the fence
along the North Bay Boulevard shall be included under the jurisdiction
of the Bureau of Quarantine. Local health authorities formerly covering
those areas shall henceforth desist from doing so.
All previous orders and memoranda inconsistent herewith are hereby rescinded.
This will take effect immediately.
Adopted: 1 Aug. 1980
(SGD.) ENRIQUE M. GARCIA, M. D.
Minister of Health
Effective: 1 August 1980