UP Tacloban kicks off its 51st anniversary celebration with the groundbreaking ceremony for the Mussel Glycogen Production Plant at Brgy. New Kawayan, Tacloban City.

“The plant, which will be the first in the Philippines, will develop methods for producing glycogen on a scale that can be commercialized and used by large industries,” UP President Angelo Jimenez said. “This provides the tahong with a crucial added value as a non-food product. It will address the economic losses of mussel farmers whose harvest has been regularly devastated by the poisonous plankton species that cause red tide.”