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By Peng Evasco
Bohol Chronicle

The National Food Authority (NFA) has assured enough rice supply in Bohol and has implemented measures to ensure the availability of NFA rice in all its accredited outlets.

This assurance was issued by NFA Bohol Manager Nestor Rey E. Alcoseba to allay fears of any rice shortage in the province. Some 520,000 bags of NFA rice have been allocated for the province this year. The local NFA expects another 16,000 bags rice shipment to arrive this week.

Alcoseba said that to ensure NFA rice will be available to consumers, it has started implementing this week additional measures to prevent unscrupulous practices such as overpricing, diversion and adulteration or mixing NFA rice with commercial stocks to command a higher price. It has started escorting direct delivery of rice allocation to accredited outlets in the public markets; repacking of NFA rice into 1 kilogram pack to ensure that consumers get the actual NFA rice and strict market monitoring through its Palengke Watch program.

This is good to know.

AT today's SP session NFA manager was also present it is mathematically known that in Bohol alone there are 7,650 sacks of rice consumed in one day.

He also reported that shipments of rice or on time and on schedule with deliverences to Bohol province.

Governor Aumentado just wants to monitor rice to see how much is being used for exporting.

NFA also stated that in Bohol there is no present rice crisis.

He said this is not just Bohol suffering presently with oil barrels at a record $120.00 per barrel.

He also emphasized on cutting back on rice and being more conservative with the food rice alone.