The Plant Quarantine Service and the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture moved to its permanent place from the provincial capital area to a relocation area provided by the provincial government of Negros Occidental. The location is in Barangay 39, Bacolod City . A total of l,044 square meters is allotted to Plant Quarantine Service which is built at P 3 million, a 2 storey building with a floor area of l60 sq. meters. This serves as the office/ quarters of the Plant Quarantine staff.
The Plant Quarantine service is responsible for the inspection of the incoming as well as outgoing agricultural and horticultural products. These include cut flowers, foliage and orchids in the province of Neg. Occ. PQS is responsible for the issuance of permits to shippers after a thorough inspection of a product. The new Plant Quarantine Service building was inaugurated on January 7, 2009 with no less than the Secretary of Agriculture Atty.. Arthur C. Yap as the guest of honor. He graced the occasion together with the DA Regional Executive Director of the RFU Vl Larry P. Nacionales and some local officials of Negros Occidental. (By Eleanor B. Rivera) /MP
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