DA Chief opens new quarantine office at Manila North Harbor. Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala (left) and Bureau of Customs Port of Manila District Collector Ricardo Belmonte (2ndfrom left) lead the inauguration of the new Department of Agriculture two-storey quarantine office at the Manila International Container Terminal, Manila North Harbor, December 5, 2011. Secretary Alcala said the facility will house all the three DA quarantine offices for plants, animals and fisheries, and forms part of the continuing efforts of government to protect and keep the Philippines free from foreign animal, plant and fishery pests and diseases, and facilitate the processing and entry of pest- and disease-free, legally-imported agricultural, animal, meat and fishery products. Assisting them is director Clarito Barron of the DA-Bureau of Plant Industry. (Photo by Joe Lucas, DA Information Service) |
