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To ensure that the clients of the Department of Agriculture in Davao Region (DA-11) are safe from the threat of the 2019 coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the agency has shifted the registration of food pass accreditation through online application.

As of Friday (March 20), food lane accreditation has already served some 1,250 clients from various parts of Region 11 wherein applications are still expected to increase. However, the usual walk-in application has already been halted by the agency due to precautionary measures.

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“This is in adherence to social distancing as well as to ensure that the health and safety of both our processors and applicants for food lane pass will not be compromised, all registration will be done online,” said DA-11 Director Ricardo Oñate, Jr.

In a previous interview, Noel Provido, DA-11 information chief, told the Philippine News Agency (PNA) that the food lane accreditation aims to ensure unhampered delivery of food and other agricultural commodities amid the enforcement of the enhanced community quarantine in the region due to the Covid-19.     

Provido said the “Food Lane Conduct Pass” is open to food suppliers, farmer cooperatives, farmers’ associations, truckers or logistics, and other distribution entities.

The accreditation covers suppliers and truckers with the following commodities: rice, agricultural commodities (fresh fruits and vegetables), livestock and poultry, frozen meat and processed food products, feeds, fertilizers and other agricultural inputs and fishery commodities.

Applicants must have valid business permits, must not have an existing complaint against their consumers and must be duly registered. Handler’s license and accreditation of transport carriers issued by the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) and accreditation of meat transport vehicles issued by the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) is also required for those with livestock, poultry, and by-products.

In a statement on Monday, DA-11 said applicants may apply by filling up certain forms at http://agribusiness.da.gov.ph and attached the needed requirements such as business permits.

For those with livestock, poultry, and by-products, the applicant must attach a scanned copy of handler’s license and accreditation of transport carriers issued by the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) and accreditation of meat transport vehicles issued by the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS).

Once approved, online applicants may pick-up the food pass stickers at the DA- Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division (AMAD) office located at F. Bangoy St. here. (DA11)

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