The Consumer Affairs Authority issues a gazette imposing conditions on the import, production, marketing, storing, and the sale of 48 goods including rice, sugar, wheat flour, dhal, eggs, milk powder, LP gas and cement.
Several conditions were introduced to be followed by the manufacturers and traders when manufacturing, importing, marketing, storing, selling and stocking.
- Goods demanded by a consumer or any person should be supplied within a reasonable period and without delay.
- A receipt or a bill in printed or electronic form should be issued to a consumer or any person containing details of the receipt or bill number, whether the transaction is retail or wholesale, date of sale, quantity of goods sold, class of goods sold, value of a unit of the goods sold, total value of the goods sold, batch number, if any, and name and address of a consumer or any person.
- A duplicate of such receipt must be kept.
