Team Goemkarponn
MARGAO: In a recent crackdown, the department of legal metrology seized 647 packages of imported cigarettes across North and South Goa.
Four vendors were booked for failing to comply with mandatory declarations under the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 and the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules 2011.
490 packages were taken from merchants in Benaulim and Colva, and on Saturday, 157 more were seized from vendors in Anjuna and Mandrem.
Al-Abrah Hookah Flavours, Essae, Win, Malboro, Nasty Nicotine Salt, Camel, Mond, L&M, Oxbar, E&F Bar, Vape, and American Spirit were among the brands of cigarettes that were confiscated.
Important details such as manufacturer/importer identification, country of origin, net quantity, manufacturing/import date, MRP, size and unit price, and customer service contact information were discovered to be absent from these packages.
Before buying packaged goods, the agency has advised customers to exercise caution and double-check information.
These include the commodity’s common generic name, the country of import, the net quantity of weight or measure, the month and year of manufacture, the prepacking date, the import date, the retail sale price in the form of MRP inclusive of all taxes, the size of the product included in the package, the unit sale price, and customer care information, such as the name and full address of the manufacturers, packers, and importers.
