By virtue of the powers vested in me by section 3 of Republic Act No. 509, entitled œAn Act declaring National Policy, authorizing the President of the Philippines for a limited period to fix ceiling prices of commodities and to promulgate rules and regulations regarding prices of commodities to effectuate such policy, and authorizing the appropriation of a certain sum for the purpose,  and upon the recommendation of the Price Administration Board, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines do hereby order:

SECTION 1. Section one of Executive Order Numbered Three hundred and thirty-one, dated July 7, 1950, is hereby amended by setting up new ceiling prices for œMEAT, FRESH  as follows:

MEAT, FRESH:	Unit	Wholesaler ™s price	Retail ceiling price
Cow ™s meat (in bulk)		P2.60
Cow ™s meat:
Solomillo (tenderloin)	kilo		P4.00
Lomo (sirloin)	kilo		3.50
Cadera	kilo		3.50
Pierna corta	kilo		3.50
Pierna larga	kilo		3.00
Punta y pecho	kilo		3.00
Camto	kilo		2.50
Costillas (riba)	kilo		2.00
Kenchi	kilo		1.50
Carabao meat (in bulk)	kilo	1.25
Carabao meat:
Solomillo (tenderloin)	kilo		2.80
Cadera, pierna corta y œround 	kilo		2.30
Lomo (sirloin)	kilo		2.00
Bones with meat	kilo		1.00

Said section is further amended by eliminating therefrom the locally manufactured œVEGETABLE FATS (not in bulk) and (bulk),  œMARGARINE (not in bulk) and (bulk)  and œEDIBLE OIL (retail) and (bulk). 

SEC. 2. Section four of Executive Order Numbered Three hundred and forty-three, dated August 14, 1950 is hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. This Order shall take effect upon its promulgation.

Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fifth.


By the President:
(SGD.) TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary