AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE REGULATORY CAPACITY OF THE BUREAU OF FOOD AND DRUGS (BFAD) BY ESTABLISHING ADEQUATE TESTING LABORATORIES AND FIELD OFFICES, UPGRADING ITS EQUIPMENT, AUGMENTING ITS HUMAN RESOURCE COMPLEMENT, GIVING AUTHORITY TO RETAIN ITS INCOME, RENAMING IT AS THE FOOD AND DRUGS ADMINISTRATION (FDA), AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3720, AS AMENDED, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE REGULATORY CAPACITY OF THE BUREAU OF FOOD AND DRUGS (BFAD) BY ESTABLISHING ADEQUATE TESTING LABORATORIES AND FIELD OFFICES, UPGRADING ITS EQUIPMENT, AUGMENTING ITS HUMAN RESOURCE COMPLEMENT, GIVING AUTHORITY TO RETAIN ITS INCOME, CONVERTING IT INTO THE FOOD, DRUGS, COSMETICS AND DEVICES ADMINISTRATION (FDCDA), AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT 3720, AS AMENDED, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO ALL MILK PRODUCTS AND BY-PRODUCTS CONTAINING MELAMINE IN THE PHILIPPINES, CREATE A COMPOSITE TEAM COMPRISED OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY (DTI), BUREAU OF FOOD AND DRUGS (BFAD), AND DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (DA) TO CONDUCT RANDOM INSPECTION AND EXAMINATION OF ALL MILK PRODUCTS AND BY-PRODUCTS CONTAINING MELAMINE, AND IN THE MEANTIME, DIRECT THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH TO IMMEDIATELY BAN THE SALE, DISTRIBUTION AND CONSUMPTION OF ALL SAID PRODUCTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY