NFA assures good quality rice sold in market

Manila, Nov. 11 -- The National Food Authority (NFA) on Monday assured the public that the agency releases only good quality rice stocks for sale at PHP27 per kilogram in public markets.

In a statement, NFA Administrator Judy Carol Dansal said the agency takes good care of its stocks through good warehouse-keeping protocols and "it is NFA's policy to release only rice stocks that are safe and in good condition."

This assurance comes in the wake of a news report where a retailer in the Pasig mega-market allegedly complained of the poor quality of NFA rice they are selling.

An official of NFA's East District Office, which has jurisdiction over the Pasig area, immediately checked on the quality of NFA rice sold in the area, but no such "poo...