Section 13Sec./Art. 13

Section 16 of Republic Act No. 10068 is hereby repealed and replaced with a new Section 17, to read as follows:

"Section 17.Registration of Organic Producers, Produce, Inputs, and Organic Processed Food. -The BAFS of the DA shall be responsible for the registration of integrated organic farms and organic inputs such as organic soil amendments and organic bio-control agents. The Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) of the DA shall be responsible for the registration of organic seeds, planting materials and crops.

Further, the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) of the DA shall be responsible for the registration of organic agriculture farms, livestock and poultry and its feeds. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) of the DA shall be responsible for the registration of organic fisheries and aquaculture resources and organic aquaculture feeds.

The BAFS, BPI, BAI, and BFAR of the DA shall come up with a single unified set of rules and regulations for the registration of organic produce and inputs.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the Department of Health (DOH) shall be responsible for the product registration of organic processed food. It shall formulate its rules and regulations for the registration of organic pre-packaged and processed food."