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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Batasan Hills, Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
Second Regular Session 
House Bill No. _________ 
Introduced by 
SPEAKER FERDINAND MARTIN G. ROMUALDEZ
HON. YEDDA MARIE K. ROMUALDEZ 
and 
HON. JUDE A. ACIDRE 
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 Philippines imports between US$3-4 billion dollars of livestock 
commodities annually. Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) 
indicates that from 2010-2015, the country imported a yearly average of 
164,000 metric tons of pork, 55,000 metric tons of beef, 37,000 metric tons of 
carabeef, and 128,000 metric tons of dressed chicken. Roughly 9 percent of 
pork, 22 percent of beef/carabeef, and 11 percent of the poultry are supplied 
by other countries.  Further, over 95 percent of milk and dairy products in the 
Philippines are sourced from abroad. As such, the country has not been self-
sufficient in many agricultural commodities, especially in the livestock, poultry, 
and dairy sectors. 
According to the Swine Situation Report of PSA, in 2021, the total 
volume of imported pork was recorded at 488,220 metric tons. It increased 
by 171.7% from 179,699 metric tons in 2020. During the second quarter of 
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2021, the volume of imported pork increased by 433.6%, from 31,272 metric 
tons in the same quarter of 2020 to 166,876 metric tons in 2021.  
With respect to chicken meat, its total volume of import reached 
390,370 metric tons. This was 16.2 percent higher than the 336,040 metric 
tons level recorded in 2020, according to the Chicken Situation Report of PSA 
in 2021. 
The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) data showed that chicken meat 
imports in 2020, which accounted for 45 percent of the total volume, 
expanded by 18.32 to 402.7 million kg from the 340.332 million kg recorded 
in 2019. Bulk of the chicken meat imports or about 68 percent were 
mechanically deboned meat (MDM) of chicken, a key raw material used by 
manufacturers to produce processed meat products. Chicken MDM imports 
in the previous year rose by 10 percent to 273.814 million kg from 219.061 
million kg recorded in 2019. 
As to beef, the total volume of imported beef was recorded at 438.59 
thousand metric tons according to the Cattle Situation Report of PSA for 
2021. This was 110 percent higher than the previous year’s level of 208.83 
thousand metric tons. The total value of imported beef in 2021 reached 
USD 951.80 million, which was 87.3 percent higher than the previous year’s 
level of USD 508.22 million. 
Significantly in 2020, there was a decline in pork imports caused 
by the tighter global pork supply due to the African Swine Fever (ASF) 
damage in key pork-producing countries. Due to this, the share of pork 
items in the country's annual meat imports declined to 28.61 percent from 
the usual 40-percent share. The BAI data showed that pork imports in 
2020 fell to a six-year low of 256.017 million kg from 335.786 million kg 
in 2019. 
According to the National Dairy Authority, the Philippines imports 
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production cannot meet the country's dairy demand of nearly 3.0 million 
metric tons (MMT) liquid milk equivalent (LME) per year.  
 
The Philippine livestock, poultry, and dairy sectors urgently need help. 
For decades now, it has received limited attention and developmental 
assistance from the government. With the growing concern for food 
security, the poultry and dairy sectors likewise need to be revitalized. 
 
This bill will spur the rise of the livestock, poultry, and dairy 
industries as key production growth driver in the economy, a significantly 
important segment of the agriculture, and a major provider of employment 
in the country-sides. 
 
In view of the foregoing, the passage of this bill is earnestly sought. 
 
 
 
 
Rep. FERDINAND MARTIN G. ROMUALDEZ 
 
 
Representative, First District of Leyte 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rep. YEDDA MARIE K. ROMUALDEZ 
 
 
Representative, Tingog Sinirangan 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rep. JUDE A. ACIDRE 
 
 
Representative, Tingog Sinirangan 
 
 
 


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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Batasan Hills, Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
Second Regular Session 
House Bill No. _________ 
Introduced by 
SPEAKER FERDINAND MARTIN G. ROMUALDEZ
HON. YEDDA MARIE K. ROMUALDEZ 
and 
HON. JUDE A. ACIDRE 
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 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of the Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress assembled: 
TITLE I 
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS 
Section 1. Title. – This Act shall be known as the “Livestock, Poultry,
and Dairy Development and Competitiveness Act of 2023.” 
Section 2. Declaration of Policies. – It is hereby declared the 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, to improve the domestic supply of 
breeders, to enhance the availability and affordability of feeds and forage, to 
promote food safety and quality standards, and to attain greater security in food, 
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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 a) improved productivity and competitiveness, product diversification, 
and job generation, b) enhanced production efficiency, and c) increased 
protection of the livestock, poultry, and dairy industries from pests and 
diseases.  
 
Towards this end, the State shall nurture an enabling environment by 1) 
establishing more responsive government policies and support programs to 
develop the whole value chain of the livestock, poultry, and dairy industries in 
the country and 2) by raising the cost-effectiveness of regulations on animal 
disease prevention and control and 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 – including the 
organization of their farmers to be more competitive by providing 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, rapid response 
mechanisms, and transparency to prevent and control animal diseases; 
b) Backyard raiser refers to a livestock or poultry farmer tending to at least 
one (1) 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 to at least 
twenty one (21) heads of adult; (ii) tending to at least forty one (41) 
heads of young animals; (iii) tending to at least ten (10) heads of adult 
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least five hundred (500) layers or one thousand (1,000) broilers; (v) 
tending to at least one hundred (100) layers and one hundred (100) 
broilers, if raised in combination; or, (vi) tending to at least one hundred 
(100) birds or duck, regardless of age; 
d) Corn refers to the yellow corn which is largely utilized as animal feed in 
the country; 
e) Department refers to the Department of Agriculture (DA); 
f) Feeds refer 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 inspections 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 an 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 from 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, and/or 
have 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, 
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j) Poultry is a collective term which refers to all domesticated avian reared 
in captivity mainly for agricultural purposes, 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, 
or 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, in agriculture, refers to the identification of 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 product; 
m) Veterinary Drugs and Products refer to any substance, including 
biological products, applied or administered to food producing, 
processing, 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 (Roadmap). – A Steering Committee headed by the 
Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) and composed of the Department of Agriculture 
(DA), National Dairy Authority (NDA), Philippine Carabao Center (PCC), National 
Meat Inspection Service (NMIS), DA-National Corn Program, Department of 
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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), Bureau of 
Agricultural and Fisheries Engineering (BAFE), 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 Roadmap to be updated every five (5) years. The Roadmap 
shall be prepared within one hundred twenty (120) days from the effectivity of 
this Act. 
 
The Roadmap shall be the blueprint of the development of the livestock, 
poultry, and dairy industries. It shall set industry visions and time-bound goals 
and targets and identify strategies to achieve them. It shall also 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 state the priority of animals in 
the livestock and poultry value chain identified under the prevailing 
circumstances and shall be funded through the Livestock, Poultry and Dairy 
Competitiveness Enhancement Fund created under Section 7 of this Act. 
 
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, 
natural and artificial breeding stations, stock farms with complete 
facilities for food, health, and safety of animals, animal dispersal 
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b) Crops and Animal Feeds Programs. – The BAI shall enhance support for 
the development of pasture, forage crops, fish meals, and protein rich 
non-corn 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. 
c) Native Animal Programs. – The BAI shall strengthen support for 
the propagation, processing, utilization, and development of native 
animals. 
d) 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. 
e) Enterprise Development. – The BAI shall promote the establishment of 
livestock, poultry, and dairy credit facilities for backyard raisers, 
cooperatives, and organizations together with financial literacy programs 
and "farming as business" training programs with technical support from 
the ATI, TESDA, and relevant local training institutes. 
f) Training and Extension. – The BAI, in consultation with the ATI, ITCPH, 
TESDA-Accredited Farm Schools, state universities and colleges 
(SUCs), local government units (LGUs), and other relevant institutions, 
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. 
g) 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 
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h) Research and Development (R&D). – The BAI shall strengthen 
research collaboration with the DOST-PCAARRD, SUCs, and other 
public and private 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 anti-microbial resistance management; g) production and 
management decision support systems, h) product development and 
processing; i) emerging technologies on breeding techniques; and, j) 
development and modernization of livestock, poultry, and dairy housing 
and production facilities. 
i) Food Safety and Quality Assurance. – The NMIS shall support the Food 
and Drug 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 Republic Act 
No. 9296, otherwise known as the “The 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. 
j) Livestock, Poultry, and Dairy Production Networks Program. – The BAI 
shall formulate and implement livestock, poultry, and dairy cluster 
development 
programs 
for 
cooperatives, 
organizations, 
and/or 
federations of backyard raisers in order to encourage economies of scale, 
production efficiencies, bargaining power of farmers, mutual support, and 
maximize 
the 
coordination 
and 
dissemination 
of 
government 
interventions. 
k) Livestock, Poultry, and Dairy Processing Program. – The BAI shall 
formulate program that will enhance the value-addition and value-adding 
opportunities of the processing of livestock and poultry meat and dairy 
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l) Livestock, Poultry, and Dairy Infrastructure and Facilities Development 
and Modernization Programs. – The BAFE, pursuant to its mandate under 
Section 24 of Republic Act No. 10601, otherwise known as the 
“Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization (AFMech) Law,” and in 
consultation with concerned offices, units, attached agencies, and 
bureaus under the DA and DPWH, and other relevant government 
agencies and industry stakeholders, shall formulate Livestock, Poultry, 
and Dairy Infrastructure and Facilities Development and Modernization 
Programs. The programs shall include the provision, establishment, and 
construction of infrastructure and mechanization facilities for the 
production, handling, processing, and marketing for livestock, poultry, and 
dairy such as, but not limited to, bio-secure housing, slaughterhouses, 
poultry dressing plant, farm-to-market roads connectivity, waste 
management facilities like biogas plant and shared/common service 
facilities like machineries, equipment, and irrigation for pasture lands in 
strategic areas or provinces to serve the needs of raisers, cooperatives, 
or organizations, and human resource development for livestock, poultry, 
and dairy infrastructure and mechanization workers. 
 
TITLE III 
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 
 
CHAPTER 1 
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE AND OVERSIGHT 
 
 
Section 5. Secretariat and Oversight. - The Undersecretary for the 
National Livestock Program (NLP) of the Department shall supervise and direct 
the implementation of the Roadmap and all the programs under it and shall 
regularly report to the Secretary of Agriculture. For this purpose, there is hereby 
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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 
INFORMATION SYSTEM 
 
 
Section 6.  Livestock, Poultry, and Dairy Management Information 
System (LPDMIS). - The LPDMIS shall be the repository of all 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 
from the national level down to the municipal level: 
a. LPD supply (such as LPD inventory, production data, exports, and 
imports, among others), and demand data; 
b. Crop and non-crop animal feed inputs data (such as production, prices, 
imports, and exports); 
c. Animal feed data (such as inventory and prices); 
d. Price and price trends (such as 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 pests, diseases, and epidemics to ensure food safety and 
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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 (such as 
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, and to the Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Management 
Information System (ABEMIS). It shall be implemented within one hundred 
twenty (120) days from date of effectivity of this Act. 
 
TITLE IV 
FUND 
 
CHAPTER 1 
LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, AND DAIRY 
COMPETITIVENESS ENHANCEMENT FUND 
 
 
Section 
7. 
Creation 
of 
the 
livestock, 
Poultry 
and 
Dairy, 
Competitiveness Enhancement Funds. – There is hereby created a Livestock, 
Poultry, and Dairy Competitiveness Enhancement Fund, hereinafter referred to 
as the LPDCEF. 
 
The LPDCEF shall consist of an annual appropriation of seven billion and 
eight hundred million pesos (₱7,800,000,000.00) 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: 
1. 01.01 - Live horses, asses, mules and hinnies. 


 
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2. 01.02 - Live bovine animals. 
3. 01.03 - Live swine. 
4. 01.04 - Live sheep and goats 
5. 0106.13.00 - Other live animals - - Rabbits and hares 
6. 0106.41.00 - Other live animals - - Bees 
7. 02.01 - Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled. 
8. 02.02 - Meat of bovine animals, frozen. 
9. 02.03 - Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen. 
10. 02.04 - Meat of sheep or goat, fresh, chilled or frozen. 
11. 02.05 - Meat of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen. 
12. 02.06 - Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sl1eep, goats, horses, 
asses, mules, or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen. 
13. 02.08 - Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen 
14. 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 
15. 02.10 - Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; 
edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal. 
16. 04.09 - Natural Honey 
17. 04.10.00.90 - Edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or 
included - - Other 
18. 05.02 - Pigs', hogs', boars' bristles and hair; badger hair and other brush 
making hair; waste of such bristle or hair. 
19. 05.04 - Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole 
and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked. 
 
 
Poultry Imports includes imported products under the following HS 
headings or AHTN Codes, and Descriptions: 
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ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls. 
2. 02.07 - Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 01.05, fresh, chilled 
or frozen. 
3. 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  
4. 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 
5. 04.07 - Birds' eggs, in shell. fresh, preserved or cooked 
6. 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  
7. 04.05 - Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads. 
8. 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, poultry, and dairy importation exceeds seven billion and eight hundred 
million pesos (₱7,800,000,000.00) 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 Agriculture 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 
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the 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 not a replacement of, any 
existing programs for farmers already implemented by the DA and other 
agencies concerned. 
 
 
Section 8. 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 NOA for dairy development in accordance 
with their additional mandates set forth in Sec. 6 of this Act, in addition to 
their existing budget allocations; 
b. Fifteen percent (15%) shall be released to NMIS for creation in strategic 
locations of first border inspection and its improvements, 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 
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Division (BAI-AHWD), and five percent (5%) for BAI-NADS.  
 
A Quick Response Fund (QRF) in the amount of one hundred million 
pesos (₱100,000,000.00) 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, otherwise known as the “Philippine Disaster Risk 
Reduction and Management Act of 2010,” or other government sources. 
LGUs may also augment the QRF using their local funds. 
 
d. Fifteen percent (15%) shall be released to and managed equally by the 
LBP and DBP, made available in the form of credit facility for the 
improvement of breeders and stocks through the purchase of breeders, 
growers, 
multipliers, 
feeds, 
genetically 
improved 
stocks, 
and 
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 used for the implementation of 
Livestock, Poultry and Dairy Infrastructure and Facilities Development 
and Modernization Programs. Two percent (2%) shall be released to 
BAFE for the formulation, updating, coordination and monitoring of 
Livestock, Poultry and Dairy Infrastructure and Mechanization Programs, 
preparation of feasibility studies and detailed engineering design; and,  to 
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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, bio-secure animal housing and waste 
management facilities like biogas plants and provision  of machineries, 
equipment and irrigation facilities  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 the 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 PhilMech. 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 school-
based 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 Sec. 4(h). 
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 LPDMIS; and, 
k. Three percent (3%) shall be released and distributed equally to DA-
Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Service (DA-AMAS) and the DTI 
to be used for marketing and trade promotion activities to benefit livestock, 


 
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poultry and dairy raisers. 
 
 
Section 9. 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, that 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. 
 
 
TITLE V 
FINAL PROVISIONS 
 
 
 
Section 10. 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’s (MFN) in-quota and out-quota tariff rates on 
livestock, poultry, and corn imports originating from non-Association of Southeast 
Asian Nation (ASEAN) and 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.  
 


 
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Section 11. 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; 
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 12. Budget for the Procurement of Local Fresh Milk and 
Fresh Milk-based Products. – The DSWD and the Department of Education 
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 
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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 13. Implementing Rules and Regulations. – Within forty-five 
(45) days from the effectivity of this Act, the DA, BAI, NMIS shall, in coordination 
with ATI, BAFS, BAFE, BOC, CDA, DBM, DBP, DOF, DOST-PCAARRD, LBP, 
NDA, PCC, DPWH, DTI, ITCPH, PhilMech, TESDA, NEDA, PSA, and other 
government agencies concerned, formulate the rules and regulations for the 
proper implementation of this Act.  
 
 
Section 14. 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 15. Repealing Clause. – Any law, presidential decree or 
issuance, executive order, letter of instruction, rule, or regulation inconsistent or 
contrary to the provisions is hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
 
 
Section 16. Effectivity Clause. – This Act shall take effect after fifteen 
(15) days following its complete publication in the Official Gazette or a newspaper 
of general circulation. 
 
Approved,