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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY-The smuggled onions with a combined worth of PHP66 million which were seized here by a multi-agency task force early this month are "dangerous" to consume, officials said Saturday. In an interview,Cris Angelo Andrade, information officer of the Bureau of Customs in Northern Mindanao (BOC-10), said all seized smuggled agricultural products are hazardous to consume, as per the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) of the Department of Agriculture in Region 10 (DA-10). He said the seized goods were currently in the custody of BOC-10 and will be destroyed after the issuance of the condemnation order. "There is a condemnation committee. However, I still do not know when is the condemnation date," Andrade said. Manuel Barradas, the BPI supervising agriculturist, said in a statement that their only option is either to destroy the products or return them to their origin, which is very costly. "We don't know what pest and disease these might bring that
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - A total of P66 million worth of smuggled agricultural products have been seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) Northern Mindanao (Region 10) for the month of July at Mindanao Container Terminal Port, PHIVIDEC Compound, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental.
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