Preamble
WHEREAS, the country has embarked on a beef cattle program to increase the cattle population for food consumption; WHEREAS, for the program to be successful various breeds of cattle should be brought in from abroad to improve present stock; WHEREAS, circumstances may make it necessary to import cattle other than for breeding purposes; WHEREAS, the present law is not only a constraint to the successful implementation of the program but does not give flexibility to the government to act in the public interest in times of scarcity of slaughtered cattle; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree the following: