The National Food Authority (NFA) Council has vowed to hold food officials liable for making a cash cow out of government-led importations, Cabinet Secretary Leoncio B. Evasco Jr. said on Monday.

“I will propose to the council the creation of a special committee to investigate the culprits of this flagrant corruption to the detriment of the country’s food security,” Evasco, who is also the ex-officio chairman of the NFA Council, said in a statement.

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