Department of Agriculture(DA)

June 21, 2022 Dear warren tan, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Jun 20, 2022 03:52:50 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for TISSUE CULTURED LAKATAN SUPPLIER. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. According to BPI, unfortunately, we don't have the list of suppliers for plantation purposes since our mandate is limited to distribution only. We can only provide maximum of 30 tissues per farmer.They don't have the mandate yet for commercial selling of tissue culture. However, here are the accredited Tissue Culture Laboratory of the Bureau of Plant Industry: https://www.buplant.da.gov.ph/images/WEB%20NEWS%20ARTICLE/2021/Accreditated%20Operator/Accredited%20Tissue%20Culture%20Laboratories%20562021.pdf For more information, please contact DA-BPI thru their National Crop Research, Development and Production Support at (02) 8525-7313 or (02) 8524-0837. 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 Secretary William D. Dar. 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, AFID FOI Receiving Office