Auditors find missing food items in the food packs during an inspection
State auditors have called out the Department of Social Welfare and Development in the Zamboanga Peninsula for distributing canned goods without halal labels and providing rice unfit for human consumption as disaster relief aid in the region during 2022.
Auditors noted that each relief aid package should have contained six kilograms of iron-fortified rice, four 155-gram cans of tuna flakes, four 150-gram cans of corned beef, two 155-gram cans of sardines, five sachets of instant coffee, five sachets of instant hot chocolate mix, 250 grams of fortified margarine, and 10 sachets of multi-nutrient growth mixture, based on DSWD’s Administrative Order 02-2021.
However, state auditors found the absence of margarine, 10 sachets of multi-nutrient growth mixture, and two sachets of instant hot chocolate malt during an unannounced inspection of the relief aid packages.They said beneficiaries were unaware of the deficiencies as the external packaging did not provide information on the contents.
The COA, nonetheless, acknowledged that the DSWD regional office took proactive measures in January 2022 by returning subpar rice to the National Food Authority .
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