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[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 285, January 21, 1971 ]
AUTHORIZING THE NATIONAL FOOD AND AGRICULTURE COUNCIL TO INCLUDE NUTRITION COORDINATION IN ITS FOOD PRODUCTION PROGRAM
WHEREAS, by virtue of Executive Order No. 183, dated May 6, 1969, the National Food and Agriculture Council was vested with the sole authority and responsibility to coordinates, supervise and integrate all programs of all agencies of the national government concerning the production, stabilization, distribution and marketing of rice and corn and other prime food commodities; and
WHEREAS, it is greatly felt that national concerned should not only be in production of food but also in its nutritive utilization so that the traditional deficiencies in the average diet of our people may be remedied;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby authorize the National Food and Agriculture Council to include, in addition to its present functions, coordination of national nutrition programs. The National Coordinating Council on Food and Nutrition represented by the Research Director of the Food and Nutrition Research Center, is designated as member of the National Food and Agriculture Council (NFAC). The Budget Commission and all other agencies involved in said programs are hereby directed to cooperate with the Council in the effective planning and implementation of such programs.
The National Food and Agriculture Council shall submit to the President regularly a summary of the programs, activities and accomplishments relative to this new program.
Done the City of Manila, this 21st day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-one.
By the President:
(SGD.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary
WHEREAS, it is greatly felt that national concerned should not only be in production of food but also in its nutritive utilization so that the traditional deficiencies in the average diet of our people may be remedied;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby authorize the National Food and Agriculture Council to include, in addition to its present functions, coordination of national nutrition programs. The National Coordinating Council on Food and Nutrition represented by the Research Director of the Food and Nutrition Research Center, is designated as member of the National Food and Agriculture Council (NFAC). The Budget Commission and all other agencies involved in said programs are hereby directed to cooperate with the Council in the effective planning and implementation of such programs.
The National Food and Agriculture Council shall submit to the President regularly a summary of the programs, activities and accomplishments relative to this new program.
Done the City of Manila, this 21st day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-one.
(SGD.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(SGD.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary