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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 315 -
TRANSFERRING THE NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY FROM THE OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
WHEREAS,
the Department of Agriculture (“DA”) is tasked to carry out the
centerpiece program of food security, which includes ensuring adequacy
of food supply in the country;
WHEREAS, basic food sufficiency requires a comprehensive approach
involving all sectors and aspects of the agriculture and fisheries
sector;
WHEREAS, the work of the National Food Authority (“NFA”), as the agency
tasked to assure the adequacy of food supply, properly and legally
falls under the responsibility of the DA to bring about food security;
WHEREAS, to ensure that policies regarding adequate food supply closely
coordinate with policies on food security, the NFA should be
immediately transferred back to the DA;
WHEREAS, Sec. 31, Chapter 10, Title III, Book III of Executive Order
No. 292, otherwise known as the Administrative Code of 1987, provides
continuing authority to the President to reorganize the administrative
structure of the Office of the President;
NOW THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, hereby
direct and order, as follows:
Section 1.
Sec. 2.
Sec. 3.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 9th day of November, 2000.
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