Authorities intercept P1.7-M worth of smuggled onions

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00:00Now just outside the Pampanga capital, authorities have seized over 1.7 million paces worth of smuggled white onions

00:09only to discover that they are contaminated with salmonella.

00:13Now the Department of Agriculture, or DA, is warning the public,

00:17think twice before buying those unusually large onions.

00:22As our Noel Talacay tells us more.

00:24Inside these two trailer trucks parked in front of Pampanga capital

00:31are more than 3,000 sacks of smuggled white onion from China with an estimated worth of 1.7 million pesos.

00:40According to the report of the PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group of Pampanga,

00:45it entered from Subic Port but was entrapped or caught in Mexico, Pampanga on April 26 this year.

00:52Yung naka-declared po sa document niya ay chicken karagi chips.

00:57So frozen meat yung nakalagay doon.

01:01Pero yung karga ng truck nila is sibuyas po.

01:05Agriculture Secretary Francisco Chu Laurel Jr. personally inspected the stash this morning.

01:11Maybe these sacks of onions look good on the surface and up close, but the secretary revealed,

01:17Ang masama dito ay positive siya for microbiologicals, may salmonella.

01:22Since these sacks of onions are not for consumption due to salmonella contamination,

01:27the DA will instead dispose of them.

01:30The agency also speculates that some of these sacks of onions have already proliferated in the public market

01:36and have been distributed in Divisoria, Manila, and some public markets in Central Luzon,

01:41according to the report of the PNPCIDG.

01:44The DA secretary underscores that his agency did not issue any permit for imported white onions

01:50since the country still has enough supply of onions.

01:53He also stresses his office and the PNPCIDG will do everything in their power

01:59to hold into account all persons involved in this smuggling incident.

02:03Based on the latest daily price monitoring,

02:05the current price of onions ranges from P90 up to P160 per kilo depending on size and quality.

02:13From PTV Manila, Noel Talakay, Balitang Pambansa.

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