CABANATUAN CITY — Several packs of Christmas lights were confiscated by operatives from the Department of Trade and Industry and Philippine National Police for alleged violations of products standards.
The composite team, led by Ed Serrano, chief of the DTI-Nueva Ecija’s Consumer Welfare and Business Regulation swamped various establishments in this city at the approach of the Christmas season.
Serrano said they caught six stores violating the certification requirements in selling Christmas lights as prescribed by the Philippine National Standards on Mandatory Products.
The rules provide, according to Serrano, that imported Christmas lights “must have and present Import Commodity Clearance certificate, must have ICC sticker with matching number code found in ICC certificate or in the list and brands being sold must be included in the list provided by the Bureau of Product Standards.”
“If any of two of the requirements is absent or missing, the products are already subject for confiscation,” Serrano explained.
While Christmas lights make one of the yuletide features that make the season really colorful, many fire incidents have reportedly resulted from them. One of them was the fire that hit the residence of former Speaker Jose De Venecia a few years back.
Earlier, the DTI led by provincial director Brigida Pili publicly destroyed Christmas lights confiscated last year at the Ninoy Aquino Freedom Park here.
The composite team, led by Ed Serrano, chief of the DTI-Nueva Ecija’s Consumer Welfare and Business Regulation swamped various establishments in this city at the approach of the Christmas season.
Serrano said they caught six stores violating the certification requirements in selling Christmas lights as prescribed by the Philippine National Standards on Mandatory Products.
The rules provide, according to Serrano, that imported Christmas lights “must have and present Import Commodity Clearance certificate, must have ICC sticker with matching number code found in ICC certificate or in the list and brands being sold must be included in the list provided by the Bureau of Product Standards.”
“If any of two of the requirements is absent or missing, the products are already subject for confiscation,” Serrano explained.
While Christmas lights make one of the yuletide features that make the season really colorful, many fire incidents have reportedly resulted from them. One of them was the fire that hit the residence of former Speaker Jose De Venecia a few years back.
Earlier, the DTI led by provincial director Brigida Pili publicly destroyed Christmas lights confiscated last year at the Ninoy Aquino Freedom Park here.
