TO arrest the influx of cheap imported rice, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said it set to impose stringent sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) and inspection measures of rice imports.

At the sidelines of 11th World Rice Conference in Makati City, Agriculture Secretary William Dar told reporters that he has signed on Tuesday, November 12, a memorandum circular for the stricter implementation of sanitary and phytosanitary import clearance (SPS IC) that will be immediately put in place.

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