Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority

February 10, 2023

Dear Ms. Datukaka,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Feb 09, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for Pesticide demand and supply.

Response to your request

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance this Office does not have the information you have requested. However, you may wish to contact Food and Drug Administration at fdac@fda.gov.ph. 

Please note that as per M.C. No. 01 series of 2007 entitled Advisory on the Return/Transfer of Jurisdiction Over Urban Pest Control Operators and Household Pesticides, “pest exterminators and the pesticides they use for their operation, shall be returned/transferred to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), this is pursuant to the decision of the Supreme Court in GR 161594 dated February 8, 2007 entitled FPA vs. Mapecon declaring that urban pest control operators and their urban pesticides are excluded from coverage of the FPA. 

Hence, your concern on the supply and demand of household pesticides is not within the mandate of our Agency.

For further assistance you may review the FAQ section of the eFOI site: https://efoi-ph.appspot.com/help.

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Ms. Julieta B. Lansangan at fpa.oed@gmail.com. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.

Respectfully,
Camille Mai Valles
FOI Officer