Nograles: Food industry firms can operate at half of workforce during lockdown

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Nograles: Food industry firms can operate at half of workforce during LuzonLockdown. COVID19

MANILA - Food industry companies can operate at half of their total workforce during the ongoing enhanced community quarantine caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said late Friday.

Nograles, spokesperson of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases , said the Department of Trade and Industry is authorized to "to approve the increase of workforce temporarily" to meet higher demand for basic food products. Nograles said law enforcers and local government units should allow "the unimpeded movement" of food industry workers to and from their workplaces, as long as they have required identification documents.

On March 20, a group of Filipino meat processors appealed to the DTI for help, warning their inventory of processed products has dwindled to only 15 days or less.

 

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what will you do then with rice being kept by rice exporting countries like vietnam. w/o rice self suffiency what will happen to us months from now. after this they should rethink so many of our bad policies and our priorities.

Does this mean we have to eat half of daily meal only?

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