'Total offensive' against counterfeit and fake goods during the Lunar New Year of 2019.
This is the main focus of market management agencies nationwide at the end of 2018.
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| Many items will be inspected during the Lunar New Year (Year of the Pig) 2019. |
This agency requires Market Management Departments to focus on inspecting and combating the transportation and trading of prohibited goods, smuggled goods, and commercial fraud such as: explosives, firecrackers, fireworks, wild animals, foreign cigarettes, fabrics, clothing, footwear; garment raw materials and accessories, confectionery, wine, beer, soft drinks; electronics and electrical appliances; gasoline; pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, functional foods, medicinal herbs and traditional medicine ingredients...
In addition, market management agencies are also focusing on inspecting and controlling the production and sale of counterfeit, substandard, and expired goods, particularly essential items with high consumer demand during the Tet holiday. These include food, confectionery, MSG, alcoholic beverages, consumer goods, as well as goods with false origins that affect the rights of consumers and legitimate businesses.
 Confectionery will be among the items that undergo thorough inspection before and during the Lunar New Year. |
In particular, the authorities emphasized the need for coordination with functional forces, focusing on wholesale markets, supermarkets, and cold storage facilities. Simultaneously, inspections should be conducted at units importing and trading frozen food, as well as establishments producing and selling street food. Items requiring focused inspection include: alcoholic beverages, beer, soft drinks, milk and dairy products, confectionery, vegetable oil, starch and starch products; frozen foods (both imported and domestically produced), fresh and processed foods, vegetables and fruits with residual preservatives; smuggled livestock, poultry, and products derived from livestock and poultry that have not undergone quarantine or are contaminated with microorganisms...
In addition, market management agencies will also inspect for signs of speculation, hoarding, illegal price increases, or the implementation of goods measurement (weighing, measuring, packaging), declaration of goods quality, and labeling of goods by wholesale and retail production and business establishments. This activity aims to detect fraudulent pricing schemes or the exploitation of measurement and packaging to increase prices; and to inspect and control the implementation of legal regulations on pricing, price listing, and selling at listed prices…