Bill Type
Long Title
AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10068 OR "THE ORGANIC AGRICULTURE ACT OF 2010"
Congress Author
Date filed
November 26, 2019
Scope

Legislative History

House Bill/Resolution NO. HB05641
FULL TITLE : AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10068 OR "THE ORGANIC AGRICULTURE ACT OF 2010"
ABSTRACT : Intends to address criticism on the seemingly exclusive rights given to private certifying bodies and the high cost to get certified to use the "organic" label for organic produce, which severely prevent the all-round growth of organic agriculture since it discriminates against small farmers, small fisherfolks, and indigenous peoples which is detrimental to their livelihood.Seeks to amend the law to further promote organic agriculture, to make the law more appropriate for our country's food producers that include marginal farmers, municipal fisherfolk and micro, small and medium entrepreneurs.Defines "Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS)", recognizes it in the certification and labeling of organic products and brings together the appropriate agencies and stakeholder groups to develop and strengthen such alternative certification mechanisms, and likewise ensures the protection of indigenous organic resources against cross contamination of engineered crops.
PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : MARIANO-HERNANDEZ, RUTH
DATE FILED : 2019-11-26
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) :
1. Tejada (000 2019-12-17) 2. Sangcopan (000 2020-01-21)
3. Salvador-Tambunting (000 2020-02-11) 4. Ramos (000 2020-02-20)
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE
COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS:
      1. Deliberated upon by the Mother Committee on 2019-11-05
      2. Referred to the Technical Working Group (TWG) on 2019-12-05
MOTHER BILL: HB06878
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD ON 2019-12-02

Abstract

Intends to address criticism on the seemingly exclusive rights given to private certifying bodies and the high cost to get certified to use the "organic" label for organic produce, which severely prevent the all-round growth of organic agriculture since it discriminates against small farmers, small fisherfolks, and indigenous peoples which is detrimental to their livelihood.Seeks to amend the law to further promote organic agriculture, to make the law more appropriate for our country's food producers that include marginal farmers, municipal fisherfolk and micro, small and medium entrepreneurs.Defines "Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS)", recognizes it in the certification and labeling of organic products and brings together the appropriate agencies and stakeholder groups to develop and strengthen such alternative certification mechanisms, and likewise ensures the protection of indigenous organic resources against cross contamination of engineered crops.

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