PD 856: Code on Sanitation of the Philippines

Section 32. Special Provisions

  1. Groceries or "Sari-Sari" Stores

    1. No grocery or sari-sari store shall be established within a distance of 25 meters from any source of contamination.

    2. All foods which require no further cooking before they are eaten shall be protected from contamination while in countries or showcases.

  2. Bakeries.

    1. Delivery trucks and carts of bakery products shall always be kept clean and sanitary.

  3. Dairies

    1. No dairy shall keep unhealthy or infected cows, carabaos or goats for the production of milk, or feed them unwholesome food which produces impure or unwholesome milk.

    2. No animals used for the production of milk shall be allowed to graze on land which has been contaminated by radioactivity.

    3. No dairy shall sell unwholesome milk that has not been previously pasteurized or otherwise sterilized.

  4. Ice Plants

    1. Only potable water shall be used in the manufacture of ice.

    2. In storing and transporting ice intended for public consumption, precautionary measures shall be taken to protect the ice from sources of contamination.

  5. Ambulant Food Vendors

    1. These vendors shall sell only bottled food drinks, biscuits and confectionaries.

    2. It is prohibited for food vendors to sell food that requires the use of utensils.

  6. Oyster Beds

    1. Oysters shall be planted and grown only in areas approved by the Secretary or his duly authorized representatives and in places duly licensed by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources.

    2. Oysters offered for sale, if not originating from approved areas, shall be confiscated and destroyed by the local health authority.

  7. Fish Marketing Areas

    1. Only fresh and wholesome fish products shall be sold.

    2. Fish caught in radioactive zones as well as in areas contaminated by toxic substances or high in mercury count as determined by the health authorities shall be condemned and not be allowed for public consumption.

    3. The selling, distribution and buying of fish caught through the use of explosives and chemicals are prohibited.