Caloocan City Mayor Dale Gonzalo “Along” Malapitan personally inspected an illegal warehouse located at Tuna Street, Kaunlaran Village, known to store expired frozen meat and meat products from China and Germany, on Tuesday.
Malapitan also commended the partnership of the City Veterinary Department (CVD) with agents from the Bureau of Customs (BOC), the Department of Agriculture (DA), and the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS), which found five container vans of illegally-imported and expired products valued at around P30 Million inside the said storage facility.
The mayor also recognized the impact that illegally-imported products have not only on the health of his constituents but also on the income of local meat vendors and vowed to strengthen the efforts against said illegal activities.
The BOC will be filing cases against the illegal importers once their identities are known. Meanwhile, Malapitan directed the CVD to properly dispose of the meat products.