THE Department of Agriculture (DA) shifts to high gear its drive against malpractices in the agriculture business industry by blacklisting six more erring companies, bringing to 16 the total number of banned firms.
Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu-Laurel disclosed this in a press briefing at Malacañang on Monday, saying the blacklist included companies involved in importation of vegetables and fish.
“The actual blacklisted companies are 10. But in our list, we actually have 16. We went through them one by one,” Laurel said.
Four of these companies have been charged for various illegal trade practices, he added.
Laurel identified the blacklisted firms as Thousand Sunny Enterprises, R2H Trading, Gingarnion Agri Trading, Lavaly Aggregates Trading, Flevo Trading, Saturnus Corp., LVM Grains Enterprises, Kysse Lishh Consumer Goods Trading, JRA and Pearl Enterprises Inc., Betron Consumer Goods Trading, Golden Rays Consumer Goods Trading, La Reina Fresh Vegetables and Young Indoor Plants Inc., Vegefru Producing Store, Yem Trading Corp., and RCNN Non-Specialized Wholesale Trading.