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The Department of Internal Trade is really taking action after sending a team of weights and measures to inspect the purchase of fruits, including middlemen and merchants who sell fruit to consumers. Revealing the results of inspections from March to the present. Inspection of 3,378 weighing scales, 38 were found to be illegal, and 2 people were immediately arrested and prosecuted because they were found to have cheated on the weight of durian sold to consumers. Advice if farmers or consumers have seen or been cheated on their weight Please immediately notify the hotline 1569. Mr. Wichai Phochanakit, Director-General of the Department of Internal Trade, revealed that he has assigned the Weights and Measures Center 32 Weights and Measures branch offices nationwide inspected weighing scales used for purchasing fruit from long haulers and middlemen. Scales for selling fruit at stalls and fruit peddlers throughout the country. To ensure that farmers are fair in selling fruit to middlemen and protect consumers who purchase fruit for their own consumption.
The results of the inspection from mid-March 2019 to the present have inspected 2,929 scales at fruit trading points. 3,378 scales were inspected, 3,340 scales were correct, and 3,340 scales were incorrect. It is inaccurate and deteriorated. Therefore, a total of 38 machines Email Data were seized. In the investigation, an interesting case was found: a durian peddler was found using a spring scale that had been modified inside the spring scale. to take advantage of consumers By weighing up to 1.5 kilograms more than normal per durian, weights and measures inspectors at the Chiang Mai Weights and Measures Center arrested the perpetrators and sent them to investigators at the Hang Dong Provincial Police Station. Chiang Mai Province to submit a lawsuit for prosecution The offense carries a penalty of imprisonment not exceeding 7 years and a fine not exceeding 280,000 baht, or both.
Another person received a complaint that a durian stall near Chiang Mai University Have a habit of cheating on your weight The Weights and Measures Inspector then went to investigate the matter and found that there was a fraudulent behavior in which the weight of durians exceeded the true weight by approximately 2-3 marks per piece. The penalty is imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or a fine not exceeding 60,000 baht, or both. Therefore, the perpetrator was arrested and sent to investigators at the Phuping Ratchaniwet Provincial Police Station. Chiang Mai Province as well. In addition, during 2-4 May 2019, the department will organize a patrol caravan to inspect weighing scales for buying and selling fruit. In the eastern region Chanthaburi Province Chachoengsao Province Chonburi Province, Trat Province, Prachinburi Province, Rayong Province, by reminding merchants to use scales that have been inspected and certified by the Department of Internal Trade. Scales that have been inspected and certified by a competent official will have the Garuda certification mark stamped and a sticker attached to the scale. However, for those who sell fruit to middlemen, or the consumer public If you are curious about the buyer or seller of fruit.
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发表于 2024-1-6 15:48:59