DTI’s “Sweeptember” sifts violators of fair trade laws in NCR
As the rainy season peaks in September, the Department of Trade and Industry – Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau (DTI-FTEB) launches “Sweeptember” in the National Capital Region (NCR) to ensure stable prices and supply of basic necessities and prime commodities (BNPCs). FTEB Officer-In-Charge (OIC) Director Atty. Marimel Dancel Porciuncula and FTEB OIC Assistant Director Atty. Joseph Manuel P. Pamittan led the DTI monitoring teams in inspecting the price and supply of BNPCs carried by 76 retail firms within Pasig, Parañaque, Malabon, and Quezon City. FTEB ...
DTI boosts September enforcement, wipes uncertified products in LuzViMin
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), through its Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau (FTEB), inspected retail firms in Bulacan, Cebu, and Davao in September 2022 to ensure that only safe and reliable consumer products are in the market. The DTI enforcement teams led by Consumer Protection Group (CPG) Undersecretary Atty. Ruth B. Castelo kicked off the intensified two-day operations in Cebu, 1-2 September. The teams have clamped down on 81,649 pieces of uncertified tires for automotive vehicles, G.I. steel pipes, deformed steel bars, and low ...
DTI tracks prices and supply of BNPC, sugar in Manila
The Department of Trade and Industry inspects supermarkets and groceries in Manila to check the prices and supply of BNPCs and heed the recent DTI memorandum directing the monitoring of availability and retail prices of white and/or washed sugar including the observance of the agreed purchase limit by participating establishments that supported the President’s call for setting the retail price of white and/or washed sugar at Php70.00 and its purchase limit at one (1) kilo per consumer. Consumer Protection Group (CPG) Undersecretary Atty. Ruth B. ...
DTI launches a two-day crackdown vs uncertified products in Region 4A
The Department of Trade and Industry – Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau (DTI-FTEB) remains resolute against uncertified consumer products worth PHP662,680.25, in its simultaneous monitoring and enforcement within Region 4A, on 2-3 August 2022. Consumer Protection Group (CPG) Undersecretary Atty. Ruth B. Castelo leads the inspection of steel products in firms within Laguna. Consumer Protection Group (CPG) Undersecretary Atty. Ruth B. Castelo and Atty. Joseph Manuel P. Pamittan, FTEB OIC Assistant Director led the FTEB and DTI 4A monitoring teams, in inspecting 22 establishments located within ...
DTI acts on non-compliant supermarkets; clamps down on P270K uncertified items in Makati
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), through its Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau (FTEB), continues to be at the forefront of consumer protection with non-compliant supermarkets summoned and Php274,734.27 worth of uncertified consumer products sealed in Makati, on 21 July 2022. After the successful monitoring and enforcement operations in Binondo, Silang, and Dasmariñas, Consumer Protection Group (CPG) Undersecretary Atty. Ruth B. Castelo and Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau (FTEB) Officer-In-Charge Director Atty. Marimel D. Porciuncula led the DTI teams in monitoring the price and supply of ...
DTI seals uncertified steel products in Cavite
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), through its Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau (FTEB), sealed uncertified steel products worth PHP245,249.00 during its heightened technical regulations enforcement in Cavite, on 14 July 2022. Consumer Protection Group (CPG) Undersecretary Atty. Ruth B. Castelo and FTEB Officer-In-Charge Assistant Director Atty. Joseph Manuel P. Pamittan led the DTI enforcement teams in visiting five (5) hardware stores in Silang and Dasmariñas, Cavite. The intense enforcement of DTI technical regulations mandating compliance with Philippine Standard Certification Mark Schemes, particularly Department Administrative ...
DTI seizes uncertified products, checks SRP compliance in Manila
Consumer Protection Group (CPG) Undersecretary Atty. Ruth B. Castelo and Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau (FTEB) Officer-In-Charge Director Atty. Marimel D. Porciuncula inspect confiscated inner tube from a firm in Binondo, Manila. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), through its Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau (FTEB), sealed PHP108,000.00 worth of uncertified products; and verified Suggested Retail Price (SRP) compliance among Basic Necessities and Prime Commodities (BNPC) in its simultaneous technical regulation enforcement and price and supply monitoring in Manila, on 11 July 2022. Consumer Protection ...
