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RA 9711

R.A. No. 9711 FDA Act of 2009     IS  AN ACT STRENGTHENING AND RATIONALIZING THE REGULATORY CAPACITY OF THE BUREAU OF FOOD AND DRUGS BFAD BY ESTABLISHING ADEQUATE TESTING LABORATORIES AND FIELD OFFICES. UPGRADING ITS EQUIPMENT, AUGMENTING ITS HUMAN RESOURCE COMPLEMENT, GIVING AUTHORITY TO RETAIN ITS INCOME, RENAMING IT THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA), AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3720, AS AMENDED AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF.
I WILL SHARE THIS KNOWLEDGE THRU MY EXPERIENCES. Starting August 2017 I will be posting, 1 post a day, on how to appreciate, understand, and comply to successfully implement R.A.9711 (FDA Act of 2013); AO No.153. s.2004 (Revised Guidelines on Current Good Manufacturing, Packing, Repacking, or Holding Food); A.O 2014-0029 (Rules and Regulation on the Licensing of Food Establishment) A.O.2014-0030 (Revised Rules and Regulations Governing the Labeling of Pre-packaged Food Products Distributed in the Philippines. Although I have no legal authority to discuss this but my hands-on experiences as a start-up entrepreneur and the pains of implementing all these R.A.s and O.A.s are enough to help some start-ups to realize that QUALITY is Cheaper. Why? Because we can only cry once (during the application of FDA' License to Operate and the corresponding CPR or Certificate of Product Registration). And if we will implement it right we can avoid PRODUCT RECALL which is very costly to us as a man...