Officials of the Department of Agriculture started over the weekend a series of random market visits around Metro Manila to ensure prices and supply of farm goods are stable in the runup to the Christmas season.

As a first stop, DA officials led by DA Undersecretary for Operations Roger Navarro visited the Mega Q-Mart and Kamuning Public Market in Quezon City.

Navarro said there is a sufficient supply of meat, poultry, vegetables and fish in the two public markets.

Apart from market visits, he said DA will discuss with other agencies that comprise the National Price Coordinating Council what interventions could be done to ensure prices remain stable and that imported goods do not flood the market and undermine local products.

Navarro was accompanied during the market inspection by DA Assistant Secretary for Operations Arnel de Mesa, Assistant Secretary for Consumer Affairs Genevieve Velicaria-Guevarra, and DA-Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Service Director Junibert de Sagun.

Representatives from the Department of Trade and Industry-Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau, or DTI-FTEB, joined the DA team.