Zamboanga City Vice Mayor Josephine Pareja expressed regret at seeing tons of red and yellow onions ending up in a pit even as consumers grapple with high prices of the commodity due to tight supply. READ:
The vice mayor said it was such a waste but DA regulations must be enforced.
In all, disposed of were 32,274 kilos of red onions and 39,277 kilos of the yellow variety, according to the Bureau of Plant Industry .Floralie Yeo-Floriano, a BPI quarantine officer, explained that the onions were deemed unsafe for consumption because, being smuggled, they were not covered by phytosanitary certifications issued at the port of origin.
According to the BPI, the onions originally came from India and were shipped to Malaysia before ending up in Zamboanga City via wooden-hulled boats that set off from Sabah. The government would also build seven onion cold storage facilities in key production areas in the country worth P240.58 million as part of the intervention in the onion industry.
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