Republic of the Philippines 
House of Representatives 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. _______ 
INTRODUCED BY REP. PM VARGAS 
AN ACT 
TO DEVELOP, PROTECT, AND PROMOTE THE LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, 
AND DAIRY INDUSTRIES AND THEIR VALUE CHAIN, TO PROVIDE FOR 
A LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, AND DAIRY COMPETITIVENESS 
ENHANCEMENT FUND, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey has reported that 
hunger rose from 11.8% to 12.2% of Filipino families. In other words, an 
estimated 3.1 million people have experienced involuntary hunger – “being 
hungry and not having anything to eat” at least once in the past three 
months.1 
Due to global economic challenges, the country faces an increased cost 
of meat, vegetables, and rice prices. The price of rice are expected to soar given 
that major rice exporters such as Vietnam and India have implemented export 
restrictions due to the continuing supply chain disruptions caused by global 
conflicts like that of Russia-Ukraine. 
These economic challenges are reflected on the inflationary effects on 
food and basic commodities which can cause further poverty in the 
Philippines. It is thus imperative that the State pursue policies to ease the 
burden of inflation on vulnerable communities. One of the reforms that 
should be considered is to develop, protect, and promote the self-sufficiency 
of many agricultural commodities, especially the livestock, poultry, and dairy 
sectors. 
1 Social Weather Stations. 2022. First Quarter 2022 Social Weather Report: April 19-27, 2022 National Survey 
August 18, 2022
8:00 am
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For decades, the livestock, poultry, and dairy sectors have received 
limited attention and developmental assistance from the government. The 
country has relied mostly on international imports to provide for the local 
livestock, poultry, and dairy demand despite our very own local industries 
having the capacity to be self-sufficient if only supported and incentivized. 
In this light, this bill seeks to empower and capacitate the livestock, 
poultry, and dairy industries to be key production growth drivers in the 
economy. In doing so, we significantly strengthen the agriculture industry, 
while ensuring food security and providing employment opportunities 
especially in rural areas. This bill also serves as a counterpart legislation for 
Senate Bill No. 119 filed by Senator Cynthia Villar. 
In view of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this bill is earnestly 
sought. 
REP. PM VARGAS 
Fifth District, Quezon City 


Republic of the Philippines 
House of Representatives 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. _______ 
INTRODUCED BY REP. PM VARGAS 
AN ACT 
TO DEVELOP, PROTECT, AND PROMOTE THE LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, 
AND DAIRY INDUSTRIES AND THEIR VALUE CHAIN, TO PROVIDE FOR 
A LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, AND DAIRY COMPETITIVENESS 
ENHANCEMENT FUND, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
TITLE I 
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS 
SECTION 1. Short Title. — This Act shall be known as the "Livestock, Poultry, 
and Dairy Development and Competitiveness Act". 
SECTION 2. Declaration of Policies. - It is hereby the declared policy of the 
State to promote the development and competitiveness of the livestock, 
poultry, and dairy industries, particularly the backyard livestock, poultry, 
and dairy raisers, in order to increase the supply of meat, eggs, milk, and 
other livestock, poultry, and dairy products, improve the domestic supply of 
breeders, enhance the availability and affordability of feeds and forage, 
promote food safety and quality standards, and attain greater security in food, 
livestock, poultry, and dairy commodities. It is likewise the policy of the State 
to increase the income of farmers and farm workers, and to alleviate rural 
poverty through improved productivity and competitiveness, product 
diversification, job generation, enhanced production efficiency, and protection 
of the livestock, poultry, and dairy industries from pests and diseases. 
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Towards this end, the State shall nurture an enabling environment and 
establish more responsive government policies and support programs to 
develop the whole value chain of the livestock, poultry, and dairy industries 
in the country, and raise the cost-effectiveness of regulations on animal 
disease prevention and control, enforcement of food safety and quality 
standards on their produce and processed products with least disruptive 
effects on trade and their value chains. The State recognizes the vital role of 
the private sector as partners in the various facets of the livestock, poultry, 
and dairy industries, and the organization of their farmers to be more 
competitive and shall provide incentives and needed support to encourage 
stronger partnership and consolidation.  
 
SECTION 3. Definition of Terms. - As used in this Act, the following terms 
and phrases shall mean as follows:  
 
a) Animal disease prevention and control refers to a function that 
includes activities on effective surveillance, early detection, 
transparency, and rapid response mechanisms to prevent and 
control animal diseases;  
 
b) Backyard raiser refers to a livestock or poultry farmer tending to 
at least one head of animal and does not qualify as a commercial 
operator;  
 
c) Commercial operator refers to a livestock or poultry operator 
which satisfies at least one of the following conditions: (i) tending 
at least heads of adult; (ii) tending at least 41 heads of young 
animals; (iii) tending at least 10 heads of adult and at least 22 
heads of young animals; (iv) at least 500 layer, or 1,000 broiler 
chicken; (v) at least 100 layers and 100 broilers if raised in 
combination; or (vi) at least 100 birds of duck regardless of age; 
 
d) Corn refers to yellow com which is largely utilized as animal feed 
in the country; 
 
e) Department refers to the Department of Agriculture (DA);  
 
f) Feeds refers to animal food for livestock, poultry and dairy 
producing animals which includes, but not limited to, yellow 
corn, forages and feed wheats.; 
 
g) First Border Inspection Facility refers to a facility wherein 
examiners and inspectors from the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and 


National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) conduct inspection to 
check the quality and quantity of all arriving imports of livestock, 
poultry, and dairy animals, animal products, by-products, and 
veterinary drugs and products based on the submitted 
documents or permits of the importer; 
 
h) Livestock refers to any domestic or domesticated animal that Is 
grown, kept or raised in captivity for food or in the production of 
food or other by-products, regardless of age, location or purpose 
of breeding. This includes all domestic animals that are 
slaughtered for human consumption, maintained for draft animal 
power, and for recreational purposes, such as but not limited to 
cattle, carabaos, buffaloes, horses, sheep, goats, hogs, deer, 
rabbits, turkeys and poultry, among others. Products of hunting 
or fishing of wild animals shall not be considered part of this 
definition; 
 
i) Native Animals refer to domesticated animals which contribute to 
food production found in one geographical location that have 
developed unique physical characteristics, behavior, product 
attributes, adapted to the local environment and are products of 
selection with no infusion of exotic breeds for at least five (5) 
generations including, but not limited to, native chicken, goats, 
pigs, ducks, cattle and horses;  
 
j) Poultry/s a collective term which refers to all domesticated avian 
reared in captivity mainly for agricultural purposes, or for the 
production of food or other by-products, as well as for final and 
Intermediate consumption;  
 
k) Quick Response Fund (QRF) refers to a stand-by fund for 
immediate government intervention in case of any event of 
livestock, poultry, and dairy pest or epidemic incident that may 
be deemed to have the potential to reduce the livestock, poultry, 
or dairy population at the municipal level by at least two percent 
(2%), and for the purpose of normalizing the living conditions of 
farmers or areas affected by such crisis;  
 
l) Value chain - A Value chain' in agriculture identifies the set of 
actors and activities that bring a basic agricultural product from 
production in the field to final consumption, where at each stage, 
value is added to the 10 product;  
 


m) Veterinary Drugs and Products refer to any substance or device, 
including biological products, applied or administered to food 
producing, 
processing 
(such 
as 
livestock 
and 
poultry), 
companion, aquatic, laboratory, and exotic animals, whether 
used for therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic purposes or for 
modification of physiological functions or behaviors; and  
 
n) Veterinary Drug and Product Establishment refers to any 
organization 
or 
company 
involved 
in 
the 
manufacture, 
importation, repacking, labeling, advertising and/or distribution 
of veterinary drugs and products.  
 
 
TITLE II 
ROADMAP 
 
SECTION 4. Philippine Livestock, Poultry, and Dairy Value Chain 
Development Roadmap (Framework). - A Steering Committee, headed by 
the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), and composed of the National Dairy 
Authority (NDA), Philippine Carabao Center (PCC), National Meat Inspection 
Service (NMIS), DA-National Com Program, Department of Science and 
Technology-Philippine Council 
for 
Agriculture, 
Aquatic and 
Natural 
Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD), Bureau of Customs 
(BOC), Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Land Bank of the 
Philippines (LBP), Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), Philippine 
Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech), 
Agriculture Training Institute (ATI), International Training Center on Pig 
Husbandry (ITCPH), Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Standards (BAFS), 
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Cooperative 
Development Authority (CDA), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), 
Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and other concerned government 
agencies, and industry stakeholders, shall formulate a ten-year Livestock, 
Poultry, and Dairy Value Chain Development Roadmap (the "Roadmap” to be 
updated every five years. The Roadmap shall be prepared within one hundred 
twenty (120) days from the effectivity of this Act. 
 
The Roadmap shall be the blueprint for the development of the livestock, 
poultry and dairy industries. It shall set industry visions, time-bound goals 
and targets, and identify strategies to achieve them. The Roadmap shall serve 
as guide in the formulation of plans, programs and projects by all relevant 
livestock, poultry and dairy agencies. 
 


The implementation of the Roadmap shall be funded through the Livestock, 
Poultry and Dairy Competitiveness Enhancement Fund created under Section 
12 of this Act, and shall state the priority of animals in the livestock and 
poultry value chain identified under the prevailing circumstances. 
 
The Roadmap shall include the following but not limited to:  
 
a) Breeder Availability and Upgrading Programs. - The BAI shall 
endeavor to increase the total population of livestock and poultry 
in the country in terms of quantity and quality through support 
programs for genetic improvement and upgrading, establishment 
of more semen banks, and natural and artificial breeding 
stations, stock farms with complete facilities for food, health and 
safety of animals, animal dispersal programs, as well as 
accreditation of breeding farms;  
 
b) Corn development programs. -The BAI, in partnership with the DA 
National Corn Program, shall improve support for the 
diversification of Its use such as com silage, and development of 
the local com industry; 
 
c) Pasture crops and animal feeds programs. - The BAI shall enhance 
support for the development of pasture, forage crops, fish meals, 
protein rich noncorn crops that can be utilized as animal feeds 
such as but not limited to soybean, oil palm, coconut, cottonseed, 
peanut, chickpea, cowpea, mung bean, and cassava, and animal 
feeds resources and infrastructure;  
 
d) Native animal programs. - The BAI shall strengthen support for 
the propagation, processing, utilization, and development of 
native animals.  
 
e) Animal Health Welfare and Protection. - The BAI shall take the 
lead in the implementation of prevention, control, containment, 
and eradication of animal pests and diseases by providing 
veterinary health services and general livestock, poultry, and 
dairy health support programs;  
 
f) Enterprise 
Development. 
- 
The 
BAI 
shall 
promote 
the 
establishment of livestock, poultry, and dairy credit facilities foi 
backyard raisers, cooperatives, and organizations together with 
financial literacy programs and "farming as business" training 
programs with technical support from the Agriculture Training 


Institute (ATI), Technical Education and Skills Development 
Authority (TESDA) and relevant local training institutes;  
 
g) Training and Extension. - In consultation with the ATI, 
International Training Center for Pig Husbandry (ITCPH), TESDA-
Accredited Farm Schools, state universities and colleges (SUCs), 
LGUs, and other relevant Institutions, the BAI shall provide 
support to training extension services for backyard farmers, 
cooperatives and organizations on technologies and good practice 
in the propagation, utilization, marketing, processing and 
distribution of livestock, poultry, dairy, and native animals;  
 
h) Market Promotion Programs. - The BAI shall support livestock, 
poultry, and dairy auction markets, trade fairs, export initiatives, 
and encourage contract growing arrangements between farmers 
cooperatives or organizations and institutional buyers of 
livestock, poultry, and dairy produce;  
 
i) Research and Development (R&D). - The BAI shall strengthen 
research 
collaboration 
with 
the 
DOST-PCAARRD, 
state 
universities and colleges (SUCs) and other public and private 
institutions research and development institutions (RDIs) for 
technical support In the areas of a) breeding and genetic 
improvement b) reproductive biotechniques, c) nutrition, feeds 
and feeding system including forage and pasture, d) conservation 
and Improvement of native animals, e) vaccines, biologics and 
diagnostics development, food quality and safety assurance, f) 
disease control and antimicrobial resistance management, g) 
production and management decision support systems, h) 
product 
development 
and 
processing, 
and 
h) 
emerging 
technologies on breeding techniques; 
 
j) Food Safety and Quality Assurance. -The National Meat 
Inspection Service (NMIS) shall support the Food and Drugs 
Administration (FDA) in the enforcement and regulation of food 
safety and quality standards on livestock, poultry, and dairy 
produce and by-products. Moreover, consistent with its mandate 
under RA 9296 (Meat Inspection Code of the Philippines), the 
NMIS shall continue to serve as the sole national controlling 
authority on all matters pertaining to primary and processed 
meat and meat product inspection, and hygiene; 
 


k) Livestock, Poultry, and Dairy Production Networks Program. -The 
BAI shall formulate and implement livestock, poultry, and dairy 
cluster development programs for backyard raisers' cooperatives, 
organizations 
and/or 
federations 
in 
order 
to 
encourage 
economies of scale, production efficiencies, bargaining power of 
farmers, mutual support, and maximize the coordination and 
dissemination of government Interventions. 
 
l) Livestock, Poultry, and Dairy Processing Program. - The BAI shall 
formulate programs that will enhance the value-addition and 
value-adding opportunities of the processing of livestock and 
poultry meat, and dairy milk. Finally, the DA-National Corn 
Program shall also update its corn roadmap within one hundred 
twenty (120) days from effectivity of this Act. 
 
 
 
TITLE III 
RATIONALIZATION OF LIVESTOCK, POULTRY AND DAIRY 
SUPPORT AGENCIES 
 
Chapter 1 
Program Management Office and Oversight 
 
SECTION 5. Secretariat and Oversight. – The Undersecretary for the 
National 
Livestock 
Program 
(NLP) 
shall 
supervise 
and 
direct 
the 
implementation of the Roadmap and ail the programs under it, and shall 
regularly report to the Secretary of Agriculture. For this purpose, there is 
hereby created a Project Management Office (PMO), headed by the 
Undersecretary for the NLP, which shall act as the secretariat and support 
staff to the Steering Committee. 
 
The Steering Committee shall prepare periodic and annual assessments on 
its accomplishments in accordance with their responsibilities under this Act. 
Such reports shall be compiled and maintained by the PMO. 
 
The Congressional Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries 
Modernization (COCAFM) shall be furnished with such reports. It shall also 
conduct a periodic review of the Livestock, Poultry, and Dairy Competitiveness 
Enhancement Fund.  
 
 
 


Chapter 2 
Developmental Support Agencies for Livestock, Poultry and Dairy 
Industries 
 
SECTION 6. Rationalization of Developmental Functions of the 
Livestock and Poultry Support Agencies. - The Bureau of Animal Industry 
(BAI), the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) and the National Dairy Authority 
(NDA), shall be restructured, strengthened and empowered to support the 
objectives of this Act, and shall be under the supervision and direction of the 
Undersecretary for the National Livestock Program. 
 
In addition to the present mandates of BAI, it shall take the lead in 
Implementing the National Livestock Program with the following main goals 
and functions:  
 
1) Promote the competitive development of the livestock, poultry, 
and dairy Industries and Its various subgroups as means of 
attaining food security and combating rural poverty;  
 
2) Formulate and execute the developmental programs in the 
Roadmap to ensure competitiveness and development of the 
livestock, poultry, and dairy industries;  
 
3) Develop, maintain, and access data or technologies to provide 
timely, accurate, and responsive information to the DA, livestock, 
poultry, and dairy farmers, cooperatives and organizations, and 
other players In the value chain of the livestock, poultry, and 
dairy sector.  
 
Further, it shall supervise the following Services, namely: 
 
a) Ruminants Service (RS) -It shall provide developmental support, 
extension services, research, and technical assistance programs 
to backyard farmers of cattle, carabaos, buffaloes, goats, and 
sheep for meat and dairy production, and processing as well as 
for draft animal purposes. Subject to further rationalization, the 
RS shall absorb the mandates, functions, and personnel of 
National Beef Cattle Research and Development Center and 
National Small Ruminants Research and Development Center of 
BAI; 
 
b) Non-Ruminants Service (NRS) - It shall provide developmental 
support, extension services, research, and technical assistance 


programs to backyard raisers of hogs, poultry and egg, ducks, 
geese, turkey, quails and other birds, and all other livestock 
production including, but not limited to, horses, rabbits, and 
beehive farming. The NRS shall absorb the National Swine and 
Poultry Research and Development Center, subject to further 
rationalization; 
 
c) Dairy Development Service (DDS) - There is hereby created a Dairy 
Development Service which shall oversee and provide support 
services to the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) and National 
Dairy Authority (NDA). 
 
The DDS, in coordination with PCC and NDA, shall endeavor to 
increase and improve upon dairy production and livelihood 
programs 
in 
partnership 
with 
stakeholders, 
including 
cooperatives, state colleges and universities, especially in dairy 
cow and buffalo breeding, propagation of dairy animals and milk 
production technologies, pasteurization, and initial processing of 
raw milk. The DDS shall also coordinate the implementation of a 
national milk feeding program in partnership with the 
Department of Education (DepEd) and/or the Department of 
Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and local government 
units. 
 
d) Native Animal Development Service (NADS) -The Philippine Native 
Animal Development Center is hereby upgraded to become the 
NADS, which shall be responsible for the identification, 
conservation, propagation, and promotion of Philippine native 
animals, including native pigs, poultry, ducks, deer, and horses 
through the use of appropriate technology as sources of meat, 
eggs, and other by-products, and help increase incomes of 
farmers. It shall also be responsible for the establishment of a 
gene pool of Philippine animals as well as their registration as 
native animal species of the Philippines in the Food and 
Agriculture Organization (FAO) and/or other International 
Intellectual property registry bodies. 
 
e) Feeds Development Service (FDS) - The Feeds Development 
Service is hereby created to strengthen. In coordination with the 
DA-National Corn Program and the com industry players, the 
availability of affordable and quality animal feeds. It shall engage 
the private sector, seed producers, feed millers and commercial 
manufacturers, in joint ventures or direct marketing linkages 


with corn farmers' cooperatives and organizations. It shall absorb 
the mandates, functions and personnel of the BAI-National Feeds 
Resources Research and Development Center, subject to further 
rationalization. 
 
f) Research and Marketing Service (RMS) -It shall be responsible for 
studies and proposals for livestock, poultry, dairy, and meat 
consumer protection, consumer attitudes and behavior, product 
satisfaction, and consumer experience apart from generating 
information on product quality standards and new livestock, 
poultry, and dairy products. The RMS shall absorb the Livestock 
Research and Development Division of BAI.  
 
g) Training and Extension Service (TES) – It shall be responsible for 
organizing and coordinating livestock, poultry, and dairy training 
and 
educational 
programs 
in 
partnership 
with 
LGUs, 
cooperatives federations, farmer organizations, regional offices of 
DA, ATI, and TESDA, in order to promote and upgrade the 
farmers' skills and practices in livestock, poultry, and dairy 
animal 
care, 
production, 
processing, 
storage, 
handling, 
marketing, transport, and the overall management of livestock, 
poultry, and dairy farms. 
 
h) Livestock, Poultry, and Dairy Protection and Disease Control 
Service (LPDPDCS). - It shall be responsible for programs, policies, 
surveillance, and emergency action to protect the livestock, 
poultry, and dairy industries, including native animals, from the 
risk of outbreak of diseases or pests. The National Veterinary 
Quarantine Services Division, Animal Health and Welfare 
Division, and Veterinary Laboratory Division of BAI shall be part 
of this Service group and shall create programs in accordance 
with the following powers and mandates:  
a. 
Regular 
protection 
surveillance 
inspections, 
in 
partnership with industry players and LGUs, and 
establishment of protection surveillance and emergency 
communications networks, that will include farmers 
groups, LGUs, the police and military, and other 
stakeholders; 
b. Pest and disease emergency response by way of 
developing protocols and responses upon declaration of 
any livestock, poultry, or dairy pest and epidemic disease 
incident, including regulation of movement of persons, 
conveyances, and plant material in affected areas, powers 


to deputize police, military, and local government to control 
pest outbreaks, and disposal of affected livestock, poultry, 
or dairy resources and assets;  
c. 
Conducting 
scientific 
research 
and 
technology 
advancement 
programs 
on 
livestock 
protection 
by 
partnering with SUCs, DOST-PCAARRD, private sector 
laboratories, and international centers for disease control. 
 
Furthermore, the mandates and functions of the PCC and the NDA are hereby 
rationalized to include the following: improvement of livestock productivity, 
establishment 
of 
dairy 
infrastructure 
to 
include 
milking, 
cooling, 
pasteurization, processing and storage facilities, machineries or equipment; 
development of pasture lands, technology in feeds and fodder; advancement 
of veterinary support; contingency planning for animal care and feeds 
availability during natural calamities and drought conditions; imparting 
technological researches to the dairy industry stakeholders; and most 
importantly, development of projects to increase the country's dairy 
production. 
 
In addition to their existing priorities, PCC and NDA shall develop wholistic 
programs that addresses the needs of farmers, their cooperatives and 
organizations in different aspects of dairy farm management, like breeding, 
raising dairy livestock, milk production, milk processing, business 
development and marketing, among others. They shall empower farmers, 
cooperatives and organizations to increase production.  
 
PCC and NDA are likewise mandated to institute a program on distribution of 
dairy animals to qualified farmers for breeding with dose monitoring on the 
increase in population of reproduced animals. The program shall put In place 
a system of accountability of beneficiaries that will ensure the success of the 
program. Funding for these additional mandates shall be as specified in Title 
IV, Chapter 1, Section 11(a). 
 
PCC and NDA shall establish Incremental annual targets in the number of 
dairy animals and volume of milk production.  
 
SECTION 7. Inventory of Animals. - Upon effectivity of this Act, the BAI 
shall conduct an inventory and audit of all animals and stocks in its farms 
and centers. It shall thereafter regularly monitor animal production, 
purchase, sale, replacement of stocks, dispersal, and all other forms of 
disposition of animals, including its genetics and semen, in accordance with 
government auditing rules. Income derived from such sale or disposition shall 
also be treated in accordance with government auditing rules. 


 
Chapter 3 
Management Information System 
 
SECTION 8. Livestock, Poultry, and Dairy Management Information 
System  (LPDMIS). - The LPDMIS shall be the repository of ail information 
relevant to livestock, poultry, and dairy industries. It shall endeavor to provide 
timely, accurate and responsive information related to livestock, poultry, and 
dairy (LPD) industries which shall include, but not limited to, the following 
data down to the municipal level: 
 
a) LPD supply (LPD inventory, production data, exports, and 
imports, among others), and demand data;  
b) Crop and non-crop animal feed inputs data (production, prices, 
imports, and exports); 
c) Animal feed data (inventory and prices); 
d) Price and price trends (include farm-gate, wholesale, and retail 
prices of  LPD and corn); 
e) Research information and technology generated from research 
institutions involved in LPD;  
f) Information on pest, diseases, and epidemics to ensure food 
safety and animal health protection;  
g) International, national, regional, and provincial market forecast;  
h) Support extension providers' relevant information; and 
i) Data relating to programs of the BAI, PCC, NDA and NMIS 
(importation of breeds, artificial insemination, natural breeding, 
buy-back programs, among other information). 
 
The LPDMIS shall be linked to the BAI, PCC, NDA and PSA database and 
website for easy access of users to data on livestock, poultry, and dairy 
information. It shall be implemented within one hundred twenty (120) days 
from effectivity of this Act.  
Chapter 4 
Regulatory Agency for Livestock, Poultry and Dairy Industries 
 
SECTION 9. Rationalization of Regulatory Functions of the National 
Meat Inspection Service (NMIS). - The NMIS shall be restructured, 
strengthened and empowered to support the objectives of this Act, and shall 
be under the supervision and direction of the Undersecretary for the National 
Livestock Program. Without prejudice to its original mandates, and In 
coordination with the concerned government agencies and bureaus. It shall 
have the following principal goals and functions: 


1. To undertake regulatory and monitoring services in order to 
ensure the quality standards of production and processing, and 
food safety of primary and processed livestock, and poultry 
produce;  
 
2. To formulate and execute inspection, exportation and importation 
related regulatory programs in the Livestock, Poultry, and Dairy 
Value Chain Development Roadmap; and 
 
3. To pursue a risk-based and evidence-supported regulatory 
approach in enforcing food safety and protecting animal health in 
a manner that is least disruptive to the development of the 
livestock, poultry, and dairy sectors. 
 
The NMIS shall harmonize its efforts together with the BOC, towards the 
implementation of the National Single Window as a reliable institutional 
platform for interagency collaboration. 
 
The NMIS, in addition to its established regulatory services, shall have the 
following Service groups:  
a) Livestock, Poultry, Dairy, and Veterinary Drugs and Products 
Exportation and Importation Regulation Service (LPDVDPEIRS) - 
The LPDVDPIRS, together with the Bureau of Customs (BOC), shall 
develop strategies and measures to deal with livestock-, poultry-, 
and dairy-related imports to prevent and minimize health and 
environmental risks. It shall regulate the Importation of animals, 
animal by-products and produce, veterinary drugs and products, 
and other related animal health products and devices, to ensure 
efficient supply, food safety, and minimize environmental risk. In 
view of this, LPDVDPIRS shall have the sole authority to issue 
Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary Import Clearance (SPSIC) for the 
aforementioned products and commodities, and to conduct 
inspection and monitoring at the first border facilities. 
 
b) Livestock and Poultry Inspection Service (LPIS) -The LPIS shall be 
the controlling authority in the enforcement of all policies, 
regulations, guidelines, and standards, including exportation 
process, pertaining to primary and processed meat products, meat 
processing, handling, safety, quality, hygiene, and sanitation, 
including assisting the Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries 
Standards (BAFS) In the formulation of safety and quality standards 
for meat produce. Through Its Regional Operation Centers, In 
coordination with local government units, it shall also have the 


powers to: inspect meat establishments engaged in slaughter, 
processing, and domestic meat trade; registration of meat produce 
Inspectors, meat handlers and meat brokers, meat products 
processing establishments; and accredit facilities, conveyances and 
service providers for Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point Program 
(HACCP) audit as well as oversight of compliance to hygiene and 
sanitation standards. 
 
c) Animal Feeds, Veterinary Drugs and Biologics Control Service 
(AFVDBCS). - AFVDBCS shall be the sole regulatory office over local 
animal feeds, veterinary drugs and products, and other related 
animal health products and devices intended solely for animal use 
including the licensing and monitoring of veterinary drugs and 
products establishments.  
 
SECTION 10. Streamlining the Regulations of Veterinary Drugs and 
Products. – Consistent with the policies of this Act, RA11032 (Ease of Doing 
Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act of 2018), and the 
principle of good governance and efficient and effective regulation, the NMIS 
through its Animal Feeds, Veterinary Drugs and Biologics Control Service 
(AFVDBCS) shall become the sole regulatory agency over veterinary drugs and 
products, and other related animal health products and devices, including the 
licensing and monitoring of veterinary drugs and products establishments. 
All regulatory processes for veterinary drugs and products, and other animal 
health products and devices being handled by other agencies, such as the 
Food and Drug Administration (FDA), shall be transitioned to the AFVDBCS 
within ninety (90) days following the effectivity of this Act. All laws, rules, 
regulations, guidelines, and other issuances inconsistent with this 
streamlining are hereby repealed.  
 
However, jurisdiction over the exportation and Importation of veterinary drugs 
and products, and other health products and devices intended solely for 
livestock, poultry, dairy animal use shall pertain to NMIS - LPDFVDPEIRS.  
 
SECTION 11. Authority in Livestock, Poultry, and Dairy Pest and 
Diseases-related Emergencies. - Through LPDPDCS, the BAI is hereby 
designated as the overall coordinating government body in the event of any 
livestock, poultry, and dairy pest or epidemic incident that may be deemed to 
have the potential to reduce the livestock, poultry, or dairy population at the 
municipal level by at least two percent (2%). The BAI head shall have the 
authority to call for the creation or activation of the Animal and Livestock 
Emergency Response Task Force (ALERTF) to be composed of key officials at 
the regional level from the following agencies: 


1. Department of Agriculture - Regional Office; 
 
2. Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) - Regional 
Office;  
 
3. Philippine National Police (PNP) and/or Philippine Army (PA) - 
Regional Command;  
 
4. Provincial Governor, Provincial Agriculturist and Provincial 
Veterinarian;  
 
5. Mayors of the affected municipalities/cities; and  
 
6. Other science experts on the case.  
 
The provincial, municipal or city veterinarian, as the case may be, shall be 
dutybound to immediately report any event of livestock, poultry, or dairy pest 
or epidemic incident to BAI. It shall likewise alert BAI should the event or 
incident be deemed to have the potential to reduce the livestock, poultry, or 
dairy population at the municipal level by at least two percent (2%). 
 
TITLE IV 
FUND 
 
Chapter 1 
Livestock, Poultry and Dairy Competitiveness Enhancement Fund 
 
SECTION 12. Creation 
of 
the 
Livestock, 
Poultry, 
and 
Dairy, 
Competitiveness Enhancement Funds. – There is hereby created a 
Livestock, Poultry, and Dairy Competitiveness Enhancement Fund, herein 
referred to as the 'LPDCEF'.  
 
The LPDCEF shall consist of an annual appropriation of seven billion and 
eight hundred million pesos (P7,800,000,000.00) sourced from tariff 
collections on imported livestock, poultry and dairy for the next six (6) years 
following the approval of this Act. 
 
Livestock Imports includes imported products under the following HS 
headings or AHTN Codes, and Descriptions:  
i. 
01.01 - Live horses, asses, mules and hinnies.  
ii. 
01.02 - Live bovine animals.  
iii. 
01.03 - Live swine. 
iv. 
01.04 - Live sheep and goats  


v. 
0106.13.00 - Other live animals - - Rabbits and hares  
vi. 
0106.41.00 - Other live animals - - Bees  
vii. 
02.01 - Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled.  
viii. 
02.02 - Meat of bovine animals, frozen.  
ix. 
02.03 - Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen. 
x. 
02.04 - Meat of sheep or goat, fresh, chilled or frozen. 
xi. 
02.05 - Meat of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or 
frozen.  
xii. 
02.06 - Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, 
horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen.  
xiii. 
02.08 - Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen.  
xiv. 
0209.10.00 - Pig fat, free of lean meat, and poultry fat, not 
rendered or otherwise extracted, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted. In 
brine, dried or smoked - - Of Pigs  
xv. 
02.10 - Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or 
smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal.  
xvi. 
04.09 - Natural Honey  
xvii. 04.10.00.90 - Edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere 
specified or included - Other  
xviii. 05.02 - Pigs', hogs', boars' bristles and hair; badger hair and other 
brush making hair; waste of such bristle or hair.  
xix. 
05.04 - Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), 
whole and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, 
dried or smoked. 
xx. 
05.06 - Bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply 
prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with add or degelatinised; 
powder and waste of these products.  
xxi. 
05.07 - Ivory, tortoise-shell, whalebone and whalebone hair, 
horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws and beaks, unworked or 
simply prepared but not cut to shape; powder and waste of these 
products.  
 
Poultry Imports Includes imported products under the following HS headings 
or AHTN Codes, and Descriptions:  
i. 
01.05 - Live poultry, that Is to say, fowls of the species Gallus 
domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls.  
ii. 
02.07 - Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 01.05, 
fresh, chilled or frozen.  
iii. 
0209.90.00 - Pig fat, free of lean meat, and poultry fat, not 
rendered or otherwise extracted, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in 
brine, dried or smoked - - Other  


iv. 
0210.99.10 - Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or 
smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal - -Freeze 
dried chicken dice  
v. 
04.07 - Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked  
vi. 
04.08 - Birds' eggs, not in shell, and egg yolks, fresh, dried, 
cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, moulded, frozen or 
otherwise preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or 
other sweetening matter.  
vii. 
0410.00.10 - Edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere 
specified or included - - Birds' nest  
 
Dairy Imports includes imported products under the following HS headings or 
AHTN Codes, and Descriptions:  
i. 
04.01 - Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added 
sugar or other sweetening matter.  
ii. 
04.02 - Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar 
or other 4 sweetening matter.  
iii. 
04.03 - Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and 
other 6 fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not 
concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening 
matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa. 
iv. 
04.04 - Whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added 
sugar or other sweetening matter; products consisting of natural 
milk constituents, whether or not containing added sugar or 
other sweetening matter, not elsewhere specified or included.  
v. 
04.05 - Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy 
spreads.  
vi. 
04.06 - Cheese and curd.  
 
Tariff collections shall be automatically credited to a special account in the 
general fund of the national treasury which shall be In place within ninety 
(90) days upon the effectivity of this Act. Provided^ that If the tariff collection 
from the livestock, 18 poultry and dairy Importation exceeds seven billion and 
eight hundred million pesos (P7,800,000,000.00) in any given year within the 
next six (6) years following the effectivity of this Act, the excess tariff revenue 
shall be earmarked by Congress and added to the LPDCEF Included in the 
General Appropriations Act (GAA) of the following year.  
 
Provided, further, that allocation and utilization of the LPDCEF shall be 
subject to the following guidelines:  
a) The Secretary of the DA shall be accountable and responsible for 
the management and utilization of the said fund in coordination 
with other government agencies concerned; 


b) The amount allocated shall be released directly to the implementing 
agencies as provided for in this Act based on the objectives and 
plans of the Livestock, Poultry, and Dairy Value Chain Development 
Roadmap, created in Section 4 of this Act. Provided, that the 
unutilized portion of the LPDCEF allocated to the implementing 
agencies shall not revert to the general fund but shall continue to 
be used for the purpose for which it was set aside. Fund releases 
charged against the said funds shall not be subject to any ceiling by 
the DBM; and 
 
c) Any program undertaken in accordance with this Act shall only be 
deemed complementary and supplementary to, and shall not be a 
replacement of any existing programs for farmers already 
implemented by the DA and other agencies concerned.  
 
SECTION 13. Allocation and Disbursement of the Livestock, Poultry, 
and Dairy Competitiveness Enhancement Funds. - Subject to the usual 
accounting and auditing rules and regulations, the LPDCEF shall be allocated 
and disbursed, as follows:  
a) Twenty percent (20%) of the fund shall be used for repopulation, 
breeding, genetic reproduction of animals, stock infusion, and 
establishment of semen banks, stock farms and breeding centers 
with complete facilities for food, health and safety of animals. The 
fund shall be distributed as follows: fifteen percent (15%) to BAI and 
five percent (5%) to be distributed equally to PCC and NDA for dairy 
development in accordance with their additional mandates set forth 
in Section 6 of this Act, in addition to their existing budget 
allocations; 
b) Fifteen percent (15%) shall be released to NMIS for the creation in 
strategic locations and Improvement of first border inspection, in 
coordination with the DPWH and BOC;  
c) Fifteen percent (15%) shall be allocated to BAI for animal health and 
welfare, and native animal development programs, disease control, 
prevention and response, including protective surveillance, pest and 
disease emergency response, and conduct of research and 
technology advancement programs to be distributed as follows: five 
percent (5%) for BAI-LPDPDCS, five percent (5%) for BAI-AHWD, 
and five percent (5%) for BAI-NADS. 
 
A Quick Response Fund (QRF) in the amount of One hundred 
million pesos (Phpl00,000,000.00) from the budget appropriated in 
this paragraph, shall be set aside every year by BAI, as the lead 
agency in ALERTF, for immediate intervention in any event of 
livestock, poultry, and dairy pest or epidemic incident that may be 


deemed to have the potential to reduce the livestock, poultry, or 
dairy population at the municipal level by at least two percent (2%). 
Unexpended QRF for the year shall be used for animal health, and 
disease control and prevention programs for the following year in 
addition to the existing budget allocation. 
 
In case the QRF for the year is exhausted, the same shall be 
augmented by the Quick Response Fund of the Department, the 
Calamity Fund under Republic Act No. 10121 or other government 
sources. Local Government Units may also augment the QRF using 
their local funds.  
 
d) Fifteen percent (15%) shall be released to and managed equally by 
the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) and Development Bank of 
the Philippines (DBP), made available in the form of credit facility 
for the Improvement of breeders and stocks through the purchase 
of breeders, growers, multipliers, feeds, and genetically improved 
stocks, establishment of animal housing, and purchase of livestock, 
poultry and dairy farm equipment, with minimal Interest rates and 
documentary requirements; 
 
e) Ten percent (10%) of the fund shall be released to Philippine Center 
for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhllMech) to be 
utilized for building or improving shared service facilities including, 
but not limited to, cold chains, primary processing facilities like 
'AAA' certified slaughterhouses, 'AAA' certified poultry dressing 
plants, Halal certified facilities, dairy infrastructure like milking, 
cooling, pasteurization, processing and storage and distribution of 
equipment for developing pasture lands In strategic areas or 
provinces to serve the needs of raisers, cooperatives or 
organizations; 
 
f) Five percent (5%) shall be released to Cooperatives Development 
Authority (CDA) to be used for organizing and clustering of backyard 
livestock, poultry, 
and 
dairy 
raisers, 
into 
formal 
groups, 
cooperatives or organizations; 
 
g) Five percent (5%) shall be used to develop and augment food safety 
and animal support extension and training, to be implemented by 
BAI, ATI, ITCPH and PhllMech. It shall also be utilized for training 
courses to be Implemented by TESDA. The fund shall be distributed 
equally to BAI, ATI, ITCPH, PhilMech, and TESDA; 
 


h) Five percent (5%) of the fund shall be used for the provision of 
insurance to qualified livestock, poultry and dairy raisers under an 
extensive livestock, poultry, and dairy insurance coverage; 
 
i) Four percent (4%) shall be allocated to DOST-PCAARRD for farm 
schoolbased and/or industry-driven research and development 
programs, as well as for support to technology transfer and 
commercialization programs and projects, in support of the areas 
identified in Section 4(i); 
 
j) Three percent (3%) shall be released to BAI to be used for planning, 
formulating, updating the Roadmap, monitoring activities, and 
impact assessment studies. It shall likewise be used for the 
establishment and operation of the Livestock, Poultry and Dairy 
Management Information System (LPDMIS), to be used for 
information data base on supply/inventory, price trends, forecasts, 
best practices, pests, diseases, and epidemics, among others, and 
assessment planning; and 
 
k) Three percent (3%) shall be released and distributed equally to DA-
Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Service (DA-AMAS) and the 
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to be used for marketing 
and trade promotion activities to benefit livestock, poultry and dairy 
raisers.  
SECTION 14. Beneficiaries of LPDCEF- The beneficiaries of the LPDCEF 
shall be those backyard livestock, poultry, and dairy raisers, farm workers, 
and their dependents listed in the Livestock, Poultry and Dairy Registry 
System (LPDRS), and livestock, poultry or dairy cooperatives, associations, or 
organizations accredited by the Department. 
Provided further, preferential attention should be given to livestock, poultry, 
and dairy raisers who are members of cooperatives, associations or 
organizations.  
Within one hundred eighty (180) days from the effectivity of this Act, the 
Department, in consultation with farmers' cooperatives and organizations, 
and LGUs, shall validate and update the master list of eligible beneficiaries to 
ensure that those listed are legitimate raisers, farmers, farmworkers, 
cooperatives, associations, and organizations. 
 
SECTION 
15. 
Review 
of 
the 
Livestock, 
Poultry, 
and 
Dairy 
Competitiveness Enhancement Funds. - The following mandatory reviews 
of the LPDCEF shall be performed:  
 


1. The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) shall 
conduct impact evaluation of the LPDCEF programs to livestock, 
poultry and dairy productivity on the second (2nd), third (3rd) and 
sixth (6th) year of the effectivity of this Act, as provided for in Section 
11 (j); 
 
2. The percentage allocation of the LPDCEF will be reviewed on the 
intervention priorities change; and 
 
3. Before the end of the sixth (6th) year from the effectivity of this Act, 
a mandatory review shall be third (3rd) year from the effectivity of 
this Act for possible revisions should conducted by the 
Congressional Oversight Committee on Agricultural and Fisheries 
Modernization (COCAFM) to determine whether the LPDCEF and its 
utilization as provided for under this Act shall be continued, 
amended, or terminated. The Increase or decrease in farmers, 
Incomes shall be a primary benchmark in determining the 
effectiveness of the interventions under the program and its possible 
extension; 
 
In view of its oversight function, the COCAFM, at any time, may conduct an 
assessment of the implementation of programs and utilization of LPDCEF 
directed under this Act. 
 
 
TITLE V 
FINAL PROVISIONS 
 
SECTION 16. Review of Livestock, Poultry, and Related Feeds Tariff 
Rates. – Consistent with the policies of this Act, the Tariff Commission shall 
review the most favored nation (MFN) in-quota and out-quota tariff rates on 
livestock, poultry, and corn imports originating from non-Association of 
Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) World Trade Organization (WTO) member 
states. Within sixty (60) days following the effectivity of this Act, the Tariff 
Commission shall recommend to the NEDA Board the possible MFN in-quota 
and out-quota rate adjustments for livestock, poultry, and corn imports that 
will ensure the competitiveness of the livestock, poultry, and dairy sectors.  
 
SECTION 17. Powers of the President. - Consistent with the Philippine 
national interest and the objective of safeguarding Filipino livestock, poultry, 
dairy farmers and consumers, the President is hereby empowered to act with 
full delegated authority subject to the provisions of the Customs 
Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA), in the following circumstances: 


a) The President may revise or adjust existing rates of customs duties 
on livestock, poultry, and dairy imports up to their respective bound 
rates committed by the Philippines under the WTO agreement on 
agriculture and under ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA), 
including any necessary change in classification applicable to their 
importation. Provided, that the adjustment is time-bound and that 
the power herein delegated to the President shall only be exercised 
when Congress Is not In session: Provided, further, that any order 
issued by the President adjusting the applied tariff rates shall take 
effect fifteen (15) days after publication; 
 
b) In the event of any imminent or forecasted shortage, animal disease 
epidemic, 
or 
such 
other 
situation 
requiring 
government 
intervention, the President is empowered for a limited period and/or 
a specified volume, to allow the importation of livestock, poultry, 
and dairy products at a lower applied tariff rate to address the 
situation. Such order shall take effect immediately and can be 
issued even when Congress is in session; 
 
The power herein delegated to the President may be withdrawn or terminated 
by Congress through a joint resolution.  
 
SECTION 18. Budget for the Procurement of Local Fresh Milk and Fresh-
Milk based Products under the Milk Feeding Program of RA No. 11037. 
- The DSWD and DepEd shall allocate their budgets for the implementation 
of the National Feed Program in procuring locally produced fresh milk and 
fresh-milk based food products which are incorporated in the fortified meals 
and cycle menu as follows:  
 
a) A minimum of twenty percent (20%) in the first two (2) years 
following the enactment of this Act;  
 
b) A minimum of thirty percent (30%) in the third (3rd} to fourth (4th) 
year following the enactment of this Act; and  
 
c) A minimum of forty percent (40%) in the fifth year (5th) year and 
thereafter following the enactment of this Act.  
 
SECTION 19. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within forty-five 
days (45) from the effectivity of this Act, the DA, BAI, NMIS shall, in 
coordination with ATI, BAFS, BOC, CDA, DBM, DBP, DOF, DOST-PCAARRD, 
LBP, NDA, PCC, DPWH, DTI, ITCPH, PhilMech, TESDA, NEDA, PSA, and other 
government agencies concerned, shall coordinate with government agencies 


concerned formulate the rules and regulations for the proper implementation 
of this Act. 
 
SECTION 20. Separability Clause. - If any portion or provision of this Act 
is declared unconstitutional or invalid, the remainder of this Act or any 
provisions hereof not affected shall continue to be in force and effect.  
 
SECTION 21. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, 
executive order, letter of instruction, rule or regulation inconsistent or 
contrary to the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed or modified 
accordingly. 
 
SECTION 22. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days 
following its complete publication in the Official Gazette or a newspaper of 
general circulation.  
 
Approved,