Thursday, January 30, 2014

FPA 6 Stops Move Sale & Use of Submerged Fertilizer

The Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) 6 will issue stop move, stop sell and stop use to damaged fertilizer on board the ill-fated MV Sportivo lines on the Iloilo - Guimaras Strait last January 19, 2014 once it is recovered. 

Dir. Rone Sangatanan FPA 6 said that fertilizer on board will not be totally diluted on sea water because it was tightly sealed with thick plastic liner. 

“We cannot deny that some bags were damaged through improper handling and these are the ones which are vulnerable for contamination and eventually, dissolved on sea,” said Sangatanan.

He added that the recovered fertilizers will be subjected to laboratory analysis to determine its actual nutrients and price value. 

Sangatanan stressed that the recovered fertilizer will not be sold for commercial purposes but can only be sold directly to end-users who will use it immediately in their farms. 

Likewise, it can also be sold to fertilizer processing company capable of reprocessing it again to cope with the standards for commercial fertilizers. 

MV Sportivo from Iloilo City bound for Puerto Princesa City carried on board a total of 28,000 kg of fertilizer of which 12,000 kg. Urea, 12,000 kg. 15-15-15, 1,000 kg. ammonium sulphate, 2,000 kg. 16-20-0 and 1,000 kg. potash. (by James Earl E. Ogatis) /MP

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