Seized counterfeit goods and products destroyed

Seized counterfeit goods and products destroyed

Joint committees last week burnt and destroyed nearly 33 tonnes of spoiled pig intestines, more than 64,000 litres of fake alcohol and 13 tonnes of fake disinfectants and cosmetics seized in simultaneous crackdowns.

Ou Manrin, director of the Kandal provincial Department of Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Prevention, said yesterday provincial authorities last week seized two containers of spoiled and smuggled pig intestines, weighing nearly 33 tonnes, in Kien Svay district.

“The products were spoiled and bore no legal documentation to confirm their quality. We also found about 10 kilogrammes of duck heads and chicken wings packaged in small plastic bags. Joint committees have already burnt the items on Friday,” said Mr Manrin.

In a separate operation, the capital’s General Department of Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Prevention and joint committees on Friday, disposed more than 64,000 litres of seized methanol in Prek Pnov district.

Dim Theng, department’s deputy director, said: “The General Department will continue to investigate and crack down on illegal distributors of methanol, which is being sold by perpetrators as disinfectant, posing danger to the wellbeing of the consumers.”

Mr Theng called on the public to be vigilant with the products they buy and warned vendors against profiteering from the ongoing health crisis.

Lastly, the inter-ministerial committees of the Counter-Counterfeit Committee on Thursday seized nearly 2,000 boxes, weighing a total of 13 tonnes, of unregistered cosmetics and disinfectants in the capital’s Sen Sok district.

In a Facebook post, the committee said the products included four boxes of HI PM2.5 face masks, hair growth spray (five), Max Care shampoo (five), Max Care hand sanitiser gels (60), Ferfanduo alcohol-based spray (45), SOUEEUE hand sanitiser gels (475), THDH shampoo (560) and wet wipes (700).

Following investigation, the committee found the facility to be operating without a health ministry-issued license or legal documents affirming the quality of the products, thus posing danger to consumers. Moreover, the company was found to have advertised the products on social media without permission from the Health Ministry.