BFAD
sets up office here
The
Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) has finally set
up an office in this island province, after
years of serving Catandunganons via a satellite
office in the regional center.
The
new BFAD office, located at the Provincial
Health Office compound in Virac, will be manned
by a full-time administrator and will offer food
and drug administration services. Fermin Joel S.
Bagadiong has been appointed Food and Drug
Regulation Officer II for Catanduanes effective
Dec. 28, 2000.
In
a brief statement, the new BGAD inspector said
his office will intensify monitoring activities
of all drug establishments, drug distributors
and wholesalers as well as food manufacturers.
He assured the public that with a full-time
inspector at its helm, BFAD will make its
services more accessible and efficient.
A
young professional and alumnus of CSC Laboratory
High School, Bagadiong served as Pharmacist III
with the Juan M. Alberto Memorial Hospital in
San Andres for four years. A BS Pharmacy
graduate of the University of Sto. Tomas, he is
the youngest son of Mr. Joel Bagadiong and
former Virac Vice Mayor Del Bagadiong of San
Isidro Village.
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