Food and Nutrition Research Institute(FNRI)

September 18, 2020 Dear Yvan Kent Russel Agliday, I refer to my letter of Sep 17, 2020 11:22:05 AM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Food Exchange List for Meal Planning; The Philippine Food Composition Tables 1997 User's Guide. We have discussed your concern with our focal person in the library and requested for a screenshot of his inbox and spam folder to trace incoming requests. Based on the screenshot, no emails was received from you. May we know when you sent your email to this address as you have indicated in your request. Again we would like to inform you that the email address is active and very responsive to requests. During the period of us awaiting your reply, your request will be put on hold. If we do not receive a reply on or before Dec 11, 2020 06:18:21 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, Dr. Mario Capanzana FOI Decision Maker

Dec 11, 2020 Dear Yvan Kent Russel, I refer to my letter of Sep 18, 2020 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Food Exchange List for Meal Planning; The Philippine Food Composition Tables 1997 User's Guide. In particular, I had requested specific information for you to clarify upon in order for us to proceed with the request. As we have not received a reply within the 60-day working period since the letter requesting for clarification was sent out, we regret to inform you that this request will be closed as of Dec 11, 2020. You may wish to submit a new request describing the specific information you are looking for, and we will be able to consider it under the guidelines as stated in Executive Order No. 2. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to or visiting our central office. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, Dr. Mario FOI Officer