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Sarah Centeno went straight to the barangay hall in Commonwealth, Quezon City to complain about the supposed fake rice she bought from a nearby market.
In a report by Cesar Apolinario on "State of the Nation with Jessica Soho" on Friday, Sarah brought one kilo of rice for barangay officials to see that the rice was fake.
"Wala ayaw talaga nilang kainin... Ako hindi ko na kinain," Sarah said. "Iba 'yung lasa niya, hirap silang nguyain... ganon."
Meanwhile, the seller insisted that the rice, which came from Bulacan, was not fake.
"We have yet to get the sample of that rice para maipa-test namin sa aming technical people sa Food Development Center (FDC) namin," said Director Marietta Ablaza, NFA Spokesperson.
Ablaza added that,"Kailangan may mga testing na ginagawa. Hindi lamang pwedeng naked eye lamang ang nakakakita noon, kung may mga ginagawa pang testing, mga solution na inaapply para makita kung talagang fake rice 'yun o hindi."
