MANILA, Philippines—Are food products for US troops in the Philippines covered by the Visiting Forces Agreement and should they be exempt from quarantine inspection? "But we will stick with our rules. Like in any other country, they must abide by our regulations," Agriculture Secretary Prospero Alcala said. The Department of Agriculture (DA) is set to meet on Jan. 16 with US military officials to sort out this issue and discuss the country's rules on meat imports, including the possibility of the US buying its meat supplies for its troops from the local markets instead. The DA earlier held a shipment of meat from the US for not going thr...
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