The Department of Agriculture (DA) over the weekend cautioned the public against purchasing onions from online platforms as these may be illegally imported into the country.
According to the DA, white onions found online are most probably smuggled into the country, as the agency has yet to issue import permits to address the current shortage.
Online posts indicate that white onions are being sold at P1,650 for a nine-kilogram sack or at P180 per kilogram, but the source of such products has yet to be made clear. Moving forward, the DA said it will look into any seized shipments of white onions and review them to be sold at stores of the Kadiwa or the “Katuwang sa Diwa at Gawa para sa Masaganang Ani at Mataas na Kita.”
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