By Larry Lopez
TABUK CITY,
Kalinga -- The National Food Authority provincial office has assured the public
of sufficient supply of cheap and quality rice eve as it warned its outlets of
overpricing.
NFA-Kalinga assistant provincial manager Ric Baliang bared these amid
report of increasing demand for NFA rice with the onset of the lean months from
April-May.
Compared to commercial rice that sells at P38-44 per kilo, NFA rice
sells at P27-32 kg at its accredited outlets in the city.
Baliang said the NFA allows reasonable add-on price to defray
transportation cost of outlets in remote barangays.
The province has received 20,000 bags of imported rice from Vietnam
early this year to assure enough supply of the buffer following the agency’s
palay procurement default due to favorable buying price by private traders in
the province.
Baliang said the agency made the request for rice augmentation from NFA
central office in line with its mandate to provide cheap and accessible rice to
consumers, here.
NFA-Kalinga warned its accredited rice outlets of overpricing and informed
that teams from the agency are monitoring price rates of the commodity.
Any registered retailer caught selling overpriced NFA rice losses his
license and may face other possible charges, Baliang said.
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