Benguet growers in the Philippines demand permits for South Korean strawberries to be recalled

Published Dec 24, 2021

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Benguet farmers and traders are demanding the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) to recall and cancel the permits for South Korean strawberry imports, following concerns over smuggled vegetables and the pandemic's impact on quarantine restrictions. Initially, the BPI stated that the imports were for the Korean community, but they have been distributed in Cebu wet markets and shopping malls, raising questions about the accuracy of these claims.

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Benguet growers and traders demand that the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) recalls and cancels the permits it issued for the strawberry imports from South Korea. While they were already affected by a flood of smuggled vegetables in the past months, the province’s farmers now have to contend with strawberries from South Korea that are flooding the wet markets in Cebu province on November 29. The province, which grows salad vegetables, is still recovering from the impact of quarantine restrictions due to two years of the pandemic. The BPI had claimed that the imported ...

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