• The DA-BAFS Assessment Team conducted an audit of a core Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) group in Batangas Province

    The DA-BAFS Assessment Team conducted an audit of a core Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) group in Batangas Province from March 12 to 14, 2024. The audit aimed to ensure the group’s adherence to the regulations set forth in the PGS Organic Certification Scheme, focusing on their certification process and management systems.

    Dedicated representatives from the DA - Regional Field Office and DA - Agricultural Training Institute of CALABARZON supported the audit process, demon...

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  • STORIES of RESILIENCE and COMMITMENT

    EMPOWERED FILIPINA in ORGANIC AGRICULTURE SERIES: STORIES of RESILIENCE and COMMITMENT

    Meet Dr. Karen Kristine A. Roscom, presently the Director of the Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Standards. Prior to her present designation, she has spent more than 15 years assisting small, micro, and medium enterprises on agricultural standards. At present, she has been a fervent champion of organic agriculture as a mechanism to thrust forward sustainable development in the Philippines and ...

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  • DA-BAFS held the first of its series of 2024 Sectoral Meetings.

    The Standards Development Division (SDD) of the DA-BAFS held the first of its series of 2024 Sectoral Meetings with academe/research institutions, civil society organizations, and private sector organizations. This is in line with the DA-BAFS' efforts to strengthen collaboration and linkage with relevant stakeholders and validate relevance of prioritized standards. This Sectoral Meeting, particularly for Philippine National Standards (PNS) under the General Food Standards Category, was he...

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  • The Field Compliance Assessment Team from DA-BAFS collaborated with the DA-RFO XI

    The Field Compliance Assessment Team from DA-BAFS collaborated with the DA-RFO XI in conducting the field visits to verify the continued compliance of ongoing efficacy trials with the approved Experimental Use Permit (EUP) on March 4 to 8, 2024 in various locations in Davao City and Davao del Norte.

    The conduct of efficacy trials through an EUP is a pre-requisite for the registration of Organic Bio-Control Agent (OBCA) and to determine the product’s recommended rates for a spe...

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  • Monitoring of certified core PGS group farmers-members

    Inspectors from the DA-BAFS Organic Agriculture Division and DA-Regional Field Office Cordillera Administrative Region Regulatory Division monitored certified core PGS group farmer-members on March 5-7, 2024, in Itogon, Benguet. The activity was conducted to verify their continued compliance with the Philippine National Standard relevant to organic agriculture and to validate the effective implementation of correction and corrective action plan for the findings found during the previous inspe...

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We have Developed a total of
377 Philippine National Standard (PNS)
from 2003 to 2024!


Why we develop Standards?

The Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Standards (BAFS) of the Department of Agriculture is mandated to develop and promote standards to ensure food safety, quality, worker's health and welfare, environmental management, and global competitiveness of Philippine agriculture and fishery products.

Common Questions
1. What are standards? 2. Who develops the standards?
3. How are standards used?

Philippine National Standards

PNS Category

  • General21
  • Crops 166
  • AFMech94
  • HALAL6
  • Livestock and poultryL40
  • Fisheries39
  • Organic Agriculture11

Our Divisions

Standards Development Division

The Standards Development Division (SDD) is responsible for the development of relevant and science-based Philippine National Standards...

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Standards Research Division

The Standards Research Division (SRD) is responsible for generating scientific reports, and for managing an information system as a tool for standards research.

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Technical Services Division

The Technical Services Division (TSD) is responsible for promoting appropriate food safety and quality Philippine National Standards (PNS) through development of...

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Organic Agriculture Division

The Organic Agriculture Division (OAD) is responsible for the accreditation of Organic Certifying Bodies (OCBs); conduct of inspections on compliance of PGS Groups...

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Monitoring of certified core PGS group farmers-members

Inspectors from the DA-BAFS Organic Agriculture Division and DA-Regional Field Office Cordillera Administrative Region Regulatory Division monitored certified core PGS group farmer-members on March 5-7, 2024, in Itogon, Benguet. The activity was conducted to verify their continued compliance with the Philippine National Standard relevant to organic agriculture and to validat...