Instant noodles and canned sardines are “unsafe and dangerous” products, and could cause diseases such as kidney problem and diabetes, according to Senator Raffy Tulfo. READ:
Senator Raffy Tulfo made this observation as he apprised the Department of Trade and Industry on the manufacturing, distribution and selling of consumer products that he described as “injurious, unsafe or dangerous.”
“Our poor countrymen seem to be neglected. According to the National Kidney Institute, 1.2 million Filipinos get kidney disease annually due to the consumption of salty products. Instant noodles are not only eaten once a day by the poor, because it is what they can afford. That’s why it’s called poor-man’s food,” Tulfo said.
“Can the DTI do something about it?” Tulfo asked during Monday’s hearing of the Finance Subcommittee on the proposed 2023 budget of the DTI and attached agencies.
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