This covers rice warehouses, onion cold storage, meat freezers, grain silos, refrigerated container vans and agricultural storage tanks handling both locally-sourced and imported products. The DA said the policy gives teeth to Section Six of the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act, which requires agri-fishery businesses to maintain complete, accurate and auditable records for at least five years. “Facility operators must disclose storage capacity, commodities handled and inventory levels, maintain monthly operational records and submit quarterly electronic reports through the relevant trade regulatory agencies,” the agency said. Failure or refusal to produce required documents or records upon lawful demand is considered a violation of the Act,” it added. It noted that for medium and large operators, registration is now mandatory as “enforcement is data driven, and opacity in agricultural storage is becoming a legal and commercial liability.”

Source: Philippine Star February 14, 2026 16:36 UTC