On 24 October 2017, the DA’s Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Standards(BAFS) held a public consultative meeting for the revision of the Philippine National Standard (PNS) Code of Hygienic Practices for the sale of fresh agriculture and fishery products in markets and authorized outlets at theUniversity Hotel of the U.P. Diliman Campus. PAGASA was invited as a Resource Person when it came to requirements of  supermarkets in the hygienic delivery of fresh produce and fishery products to make them more marketable.