Food Safety Team trains rural group

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The Eastern Visayas Food Safety Team conducted another training on Good Manufacturing Practices and Food Safety to a group of 24 Agrarian Reform beneficiaries in Brgy. Looc, Culaba, Biliran on October 13-14, 2014.

The Looc Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association (LARBA) is engaged in fish processing producing smoked fish and dried fish among others. With membership mostly women, the association is aiming to improve the quality of the product in order to raise acceptance of the market. This would in turn benefit their families by augmenting their farm incomes.

The group's product

The EVFST is composed of competent resource persons from the Department of Science and Technology Region 8. The team includes: Ms. Imelda Piccoro, SRS II of DOST-Leyte, Mr. Emmanuel Lagdamen, SRS I, and Mr. Alfred Calibuso, SRS II DOST Laboratory project. DOST Biliran PSTC, headed by OIC Ms. Ma. Catherine G. Maniba with staff Ms. Gracevillayn Saldo, PA II and Mr. Teddy Abenido, PA I assisted the training as facilitators.

The Department of Agrarian Reform in Biliran Province, currently supervised by Mr. Noel Salloman, MARPO through the Project Coordinator Mr. Arnel Javines, ARPO I, facilitated the conduct of the activity which is part of the agencies support projects for the beneficiaries of their land transfer programs.