The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has filed charges for violation of fair trade law against 20 business establishments in this city, a DTI official said.
DTI provincial director Rolando Acuña said the charges were filed after the DTI enforcement team inspected different business establishments selling mandatory products, retailers dealing crash helmets, appliances and electrical products.
Among the violation committed by the business establishments were no business license, no price tag on commodity, holding sale promo without DTI permit, and no Import Commodity Clearance (ICC), Acuña said.
Acuña said the violators were undergoing mediation proceedings and given the opportunity to defend themselves before the DTI.
He said the violators would pay a penalty of P20,000 each and comply with the requirements once the charges filed against them were resolved during the mediation process.
However, he said formal hearing of the cases of the violators would take place once it could not be resolved at the mediation process.
The inspection of establishments was in line with the observance of the Consumer Welfare Month, which is being observed every October.
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