Section 8Sec./Art. 8

National Dairy Authority. -The NDA shall be the central policy and developmental body for the Philippine dairy industry. Its regulatory functions, including its power to issue and impose safety regulations on the dairy industry, shall be transferred to the BAI regulatory office.

The NDA shall be strengthened as the food safety certifying agency for local dairy industry chain including, but not limited to, micro, small, medium and all other commercial dairy processing plants and other entities engaged in dairy activities, whether in whole or in part. The NDA shall be mandated by the BAI and the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) to provide testing and accreditation services over all local dairy activities and products from primary production up to post-market product distribution.

The NDA, in the exercise of its functions on production, post-harvest, processing, marketing, storage, distribution, and trading, may secure data and reports relative to dairy industry supply and value chain participants.

Within one hundred fifty (150) days from the effectivity of this Act, the FDA, NDA, Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Standards (BAFS), and the BAI shall harmonize the standards and guidelines for the regulation of local milk and milk products into a code of dairy regulations to be implemented, enforced, and updated primarily by the BAI.