SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
Second Regular Session

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

House Bill No. 6941
EXPLANATORY NOTE

A practical strategy endorsed by international organizations to combat hunger
and eliminate or reduce malnutrition is the enrichment of bread and bakery products
with key micro-nutrients. As early as the 1940's, the intemationally accepted standard
for one pound average loaf of enriched bread is that it should contain the minimum
daily requirements of thiamine (B), riboflavin B2, niacin and Vitamin D.

Originally, the aim of bread and bakery goods enrichment was to restore vital
nutrients lost in the milling process. Today, enrichment of bread cereal products is to
take advantage of bread being the basis or an integral part of modem day diet and
optimize ingestion by food of these micro nutrients by normal eating.

This measure aims to raise the health of our people, through optimal nutritious
bread and bakery goods.

At the initiative of the baking industry itself and the Philippine Federation of
Bakers Association, the industry wishes to contribute not only to health of our people,
protect consumer rights but also set up standards for quality baking, packaging with
expiration dates, but also for the purpose of efficient management, safety during
production and reasonable costs to maximize access to nutritious bread and bakery
products.

The baking industry as part of the food manufacturing sector is a significant
component for socio-economic development. The organization of a Bakery Industry
Development Board to promote health, protect consumer rights and upgrade the
standards of bakeries is truly commendable.

This measure is a response to the need for improving the problem on
malnutrition of our children and youth, upgrading bakery standards and setting a
momentum to accelerate economic development through the baking industry.

Approval of this measure is eamestly sought

MAXIMO B. RIGUEZ, JR.


SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS __)
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
Second Regular Session

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr.
House Bill No. 6941
AN ACT

TO INSTITUTE A NATIONAL BAKERY INDUSTRY POLICY AND TO CREATE THE
NATIONAL BAKERY REGULATORY AGENCY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Title. This Act shall be known as the “National Bakery Policy Act
of the Philippines :

SEC 2. Declaration of Policy. Health is one of the primary concems of the
government in its exercise of governance over its citizens. As part of the Filipino's
staple food especially during breakfast, the pandesal or any other baked product
produced by numerous bakeries around the country needs government regulation not
only in the operation of such bakeries but also in the preparation of food itself so as to
assure the consuming public that it is safe, nutritious and at par with health standards.

SEC 3. Creation of the National Bakery Regulatory Agency. There is
hereby created a National Bakery Regulatory Agency that shall serve as the primary
policy formulation, regulatory and information-based agency of the country geared
towards the maintenance of health standards in the preparation of food products of
bakeries throughout the Philippines. As such, the Agency shall implement all laws,
rules and directives regulating and promoting the bakery industry of the Philippines. It
shall have all the powers attendant to such function.

SEC 4. Executive Board. There is hereby created an Executive Board
composed of the following

(1) The Director of the National Bakery Regulatory Agency;

(2) The Secretary of Department of Trade and Industry as member;

(3) The Secretary of the Department of Health as member;

(4) The Secretary of the Department of Interior and Local Government as
member;

(8) The Director-General of the NEDA as member and

(6) A representative from the Bureau of Food and Drugs as member;

The Executive Board shall be the policy-making body of the Agency.

SEC 5. Powers of the Agency. The agency shall have the following powers:

(1) Establish a national program geared towards the promotion of the
bakery industry of the Philippines;
Q) Establish training and educational programs geared towards the

development of skills of bakery workers;


3) Establish training and educational programs to assist entrepreneurs
and bakery operators in order to make their businesses viable and

self-sustaining;

(4) Formulate and implement policies geared towards providing
incentives to stakeholders in the bakery industry;

(8) Institute other programs that may be determined by the Executive
Board.

SEC 6. Composition of the Agency. The Agency shall be headed a Director
to be assisted by two (2) Assistant Directors. They shall be assisted by a Secretariat
whose plantilla shall be determined by the Board.

SEC 7. Appropriation. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of
this Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its
enactment into law and thereafter.

SEC 8. Separability Clause. if any portion or provision of this Act were to be
declared unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act or any provision not affected
thereby shall remain in force and effect.

SEC 9. Repealing Clause. Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive
order, letter of instruction, rule or regulation inconsistent with the provisions of this Act
is hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC 10. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days from the date
of its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of
general circulation.

Approved,