The Poultry Dressing Plant and Slaughtering Plant of the NTA Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita passed the standards set by the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS), during the audit of the government meat inspection team last November 26.
Also, the “AA” accreditation of the food processing facility in Brgy. Nanguneg, Narvacan, Ilocos Sur was renewed by the same inspection team.
Members of the NMIS audit team were Dr. Domingo D. Gonzaga, Dr. Rudio G. Abulencia, and Mario V. Agbanlog from NMIS Region 1 office.
According to Felicisimo T. Lazo, OIC Project Manager, the inspection team was impressed by the facility, including its trading center and dormitory, confirming the earlier observation of NMIS as one of the cleanest processing plants in Region 1.
Meanwhile, 50 trainees from the 11th and 12th batches of the Slaughtering Operations NC II students of the TESDA-accredited NTA Kadiwa Training School will have their assessment by the TESDA on the first week of December. NTA Kadiwa, formerly the AgriPinoy Food Processing Plant and Trading Center, is a major component of the agency’s intervention program that seeks to provide tobacco farmers with additional sources of income outside their regular trade.
Ilocos Sur (Mary Rose D. Canaoay)