MARGAO: Legal Metrology Department, Margao on Wednesday raided and seized goods worth thousands of rupees, at Malbhat, Margao. The goods included umbrellas, raincoats, and rice bags.
The said raid was carried out by Demu N Mapari, Inspector, Legal Metrology, Margao, Goa, under the supervision of Nitin P Purushan, Assistant Controller, Legal Metrology, South Zone-I, Margao Goa and assisted by Sudhir K Gaonker, Pascoal Vaz, and Nitesh Navelkar.
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As informed by the officials, the massive drive was carried out by the Department of Legal Metrology in Margao, Goa as the monsoon season has arrived for the purpose of inspection of the mandatory declaration on the Umbrella, Raincoat and Rice bag packages under the provision of Legal Metrology Act 2009, read with Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011.
“Two cases were booked in Malbhat, Margao, and 696 packages of umbrella of various brands, 214 packages of raincoats and 2500 packages of Expando Brief were seized,” said Demu Mapari.
He also stated that with respect to umbrella and raincoat packages, the said packages do not bear mandatory declaration such as name and complete address of the manufacturer and month and year of manufacturing/pre-packing, customer care details in case of consumer complaints that are in violation of Legal Metrology Act, 2009 read with Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011.
Legal Metrology Department has appealed to consumers to check the basic mandatory declaration before buying any packaged commodity.
With respect to Expando Brief packages, the said packages do not bear mandatory declaration such as month and year of manufacturing/pre-packing which is in violation of Legal Metrology Act, 2009 read with Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011.
He also informed that another packaged commodities case was booked at Powerhouse Circle, Margao, on a Telangana Vehicle Truck which had come for distribution and seized 100 packages of rice bags of 25 kg for not bearing mandatory declarations such as name and complete address of the manufacturer/packer and customer care details in case of consumer complaints. The said packages, Mapari said, are seized for violation of various provisions of Legal Metrology Act, 2009 read with Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011.
