JAMMU: A meeting of executive members of the Consumer Protection Organisation (CPO) was held on Sunday under its President D.R Danish in which the participants brought to fore the exorbitant rates being charged by the shopkeepers at Jammu.
It was disclosed in the meeting that the organisation had decided the whole sale rates of Fenis and Katlammas at Rs 46 and Rs 55 per Kg respectively as confirmed by the organisation from Distt Samba and Distt Kathua whereas the retail price of the said items is Rs. 140 and Rs 150 Per Kg of FENIS and Katlammas (Vanspati) respectively in Jammu and adjoining areas.
The following points need immediate attention of Municipal Corporation Jammu/Srinagar, Municipalities, Town Area Committees, Legal Metrology, CAPD and Police Department on the festival season. Sweet shop owners sell their products underweight, weigh the cartons/ containers with sweets and provide adulterated and over dated stale items. They include the weight of containers in the net weight which is not legal. The quantity of sweets as well as dry fruits packed in containers should have their net weights mentioned on the containers. They should display the rates for Desi Ghee and Vanaspati made sweets separately. CPO urged the authorities to ensure a profit of not more than 20 per cent for the retailers on Fenis and Katlamas.
CPO demands that the defaulters who loot the consumers should be booked and awarded exemplary penalties under Public Safety Act and Food Safety Standard Act. They also demanded that their names should be published in the leading local news papers to aware public.
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