REGULATING THE MILLING OF RICE

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 1211
• Sections: 9

Preamble

WHEREAS, the government is desirous of improving the

nutritional value of rice as a staple food;

WHEREAS, brown rice and regular milled rice contain higher

quantities of nutrients like protein, vitamins and minerals needed by the human

body.

WHEREAS, consistent with the nutrition program of the

government it is imperative to regulate the milling of rice;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the

Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby

decree and order and make as part of the law of the land, the following:

Section 1

SECTION 1. The milling of overmilled rice (rice with all the

bran removed) is hereby prohibited. All rice mill owners/operators are required

to mill a minimum of 10% of all palay owned and/or received by them for milling

into brown rice (rice with only the hull removed) and the balance into tegular

milled rice only.

Section 2

SEC. 2. Ricemill owners/operators whose mills are not

equipped with the necessary mechanism or device to control the milling degree

shall be given temporary permits for a period of one (1) year from the

effectivity of this decree and only for the purpose of servicing the monthly

requirements of individual households; provided, further, that if after the

lapse of this grace period, any mill owner/operator who has not improved his

mill to enable it to mill brown rice and regular milled rice shall not be

licensed by N.G.A.

Section 3

SEC. 3. The Department of Public Information shall require

all sectors of the mass media to allocate spot time and/or space for the

informational and educational campaign on brown rice and regular milled rice to

be conducted by the National Grains Authority.

Section 4

SEC. 4. The Department of Education and Culture and all

other government agencies and/or instrumentalities, including all government

owned or controlled corporations, shall assist the NGA in this campaign.

Section 5

SEC. 5. The National Grains Authority shall promulgate such

rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this decree.

Section 6

SEC. 6. Any violation of any provision of this decree and

the rules and regulations to be promulgated pursuant herewith shall subject the

offender to cancellation of his license and upon conviction, to imprisonment of

not less than one (1) year nor more than two (2) years or by a fine ranging from

Four Thousand To Six Thousand Pesos, or both, at the discretion of the court. If

the offender is a corporation or a partnership, the President/General Manager

and or Managing Director or Managing Partner, as the case may be, shall be

laible for the offense committed and subject to the penalties specified

herein.

Section 7

SEC. 7. Any provision of law, order, decree or letters of

instruction inconsistent with the provisions of this decree is hereby repealed

or modified accordingly.

Section 8

SEC. 8. This decree shall take effect thirty (30) days from

date hereof.

Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of October, in the year of Our

Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-seven.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the

Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA

Presidential Executive Assistant