AGRICULTURAL FOOD SUPPLIERS ASSOCIATION

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                    [Title] => Paying the price of protectionism
                    [Summary] => Stringent imported meat inspections are fine as long as they do not masquerade as restrictions that limit the entry of cheaper meat products. Not at this time when our countrymen are getting clobbered by the soaring prices of oil products and consequent higher cost of living. 


That is why I fully support the concern of our meat importers and processors about the newly legislated Meat Inspection Code of the Philippines (MICP) recently signed into law by the President. 


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-06-11 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1805279
                    [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa
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Paying the price of protectionism

By Rey Gamboa | June 11, 2004 - 12:00am

Stringent imported meat inspections are fine as long as they do not masquerade as restrictions that limit the entry of cheaper meat products. Not at this time when our countrymen are getting clobbered by the soaring...

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