TACLOBAN CITY – The provincial office of the Department of Trade and Industry in Leyte warns the public over unregulated Christmas lights that are sold in the market as the Yuletide season is fast approaching.
Consumers, according to DTI Provincial Director Desiderio Belas, should check if the product they are going to buy had passed quality standards by the agency by checking its ICC or Import Commodity Clearance for imported Christmas lights and PS Mark or Product Standard mark for locally made Christmas lights.
The reason why it is important to check this marking, according to him, is to ensure their safety from untoward incident that may happen by using uncheck Christmas lights.
To ensure that the public will buy and use products that had passed that quality assurance of the agency, personnel of the DTI will conduct surprise visits to various stores in the region, to check the qualities of Christmas lights being sold.
Moreover, in line with the upcoming Christmas season, the agency will conduct a fair at their provincial office, selling “noche buena” goods on November 17.
The products to be sold are all provided with five percent discounts for they come directly from manufacturers.
The purpose for the “Diskwento Fair” of DTI, according Belas, is to encourage consumers to buy early the ingredients that they needs for their “noche buena” dinner as some retail stores may take advantage, due to the increase of demand.
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