THE Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will collaborate to stop food smugglers exploiting a legal loophole where the DA cannot inspect shipments of processed products.
Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said that smugglers were intentionally misclassifying imported food as processed products to evade DA inspections. Processed foods fall under the FDA's jurisdiction.
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