In order to further regulate markets and guard against price manipulation, the Prime Minister and Minister of Supply and Internal Trade have directed the Consumer Protection Agency, led by Eng.
Ayman Hossam El-Din launched vigorous regulatory campaigns on the markets to stop some merchants from taking advantage of the crisis by raising prices without justification or by storing goods to prevent them from being sold on the market and guaranteeing that they are accessible to citizens at reasonable prices.
In addition to forming extensive working groups of regulatory campaigns for judicial control officers in the agency in all governorates to pass on Ali Markets, confront all the seriousness of any violations, and monitor developments as a result of this market crisis, especially the lifting of commodity prices for the declared prices, this has stated that a central operations room has been formed to follow up on all campaigns at the level of the governorates.
2657 businesses, located in different governorates, had their prices reviewed, compared to the prior week, and any changes were tracked during the day on Sunday.
These campaigns resulted in the liberalization of 278 minutes of violators and legal measures in accordance with the law of the Consumer Protection Authority, in addition to controlling large quantities of rice and sugar In addition to 68,480 packets of assorted expired food products, the flour is unidentified and without receipts.
The Consumer Protection Agency further urges residents to report any abuses of consumer rights immediately away by calling the 19588 hotline from any landline or via any other available communication channel.
In all governorates, the Consumer Protection Authority strengthens market regulation procedures.
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