The consumer protection department in the ministry of business and trade continues its inspection campaigns in the markets and different commercial centers to monitor all infringing goods and products that do not conform to the standard specifications and the safety and health conditions.
And during an inspection campaign on a widespread center that possesses many branches in the State, the CP department had monitored large quantities of cleaning products, in 11 branches of the mentioned center, that do not have on their packing the main and basic details that must be stated like the country of origin, production and expiry dates, which constitutes a violation of the Article (7) of the Law No. (8) for the year 2008 on consumer protection, which stipulates that:
“Provider, once offering any merchandise for circulation, shall be obliged to state on its cover or packing clearly the merchandise’s type, nature, ingredients and all relevant data as per the executive regulation of this Law.
If the use of this merchandise results in a danger, the provider should warn about that clearly.
The provider shall be prohibited to specify, advertise or offer the merchandise with false or misleading data”.
This act is considered also as a violation of the Article (13) of the same law, that stipulates that:
“Provider shall warrant that the merchandise or the service provided to the consumer shall be complied with the declared adopted standards. They shall be also accountable for incompliance with the conditions relating to public health and safety”.
And after investigating about the origin of these products, it appeared that there is a factory in the industrial area that produces such detergents. The factory was raided and the consumer protection representatives proved all the monitored violations, and it was realized that the factory is using expired sterilizing hand gels to produce the company’s products, after recycling these expired products with other cleaning products, adding to that the cited plant has no license from the competent agent.
Based on that, the consumer protection department emphasizes that all suppliers must adhere to the standards and conditions in the displayed and offered goods and products, as a way to upgrade the Qatari market to keep pace with the general progress and evolution in the state, and prove itself as a modern country where all quality standards and safety and health conditions are applied.