------------------------------------------------------------------ Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be BETTER INFORMED, The time is come for the people of Goa to ORGANISE not AGONISE !! ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service & circulated by Goa Civic & Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ph:2252660 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Metrology dept books 26 cases in surprise raids ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Inspectors of the Department of Legal Metrology, last month conducted surprise raids at the business establishments at Panjim, Vasco, Ponda, Margao and Mapusa and booked 26 cases, seized 76 faulty weights and measures, 43 milk sachets and 675 bottles of whiskey.
The inspections were conducted under the Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act 1985 and Standards of Weights and Measures (Packaged Commodities) Rules 1977.
The cases booked are against two jewellery shops, seven bar and restaurants,
three hardware shops, one chicken stall, one kerosene retailer, 12 milk retailers
and one liquor manufacturing industry (IMFL).
The liquor industry was found to be filling less content than declared quantity
in the bottles and therefore were booked by seizing 675 bottles of whiskey.
The cases booked against the milk retailers are for overcharging as Rs 8 to Rs. 8.50, instead of Rs 7.50 on the sale of milk sachets of 500 ml, to the consumers.
The kerosene retailer was booked as he was found to be delivering kerosene short by 900 ml on every five litres, and was charging Rs 15 per litre, to the consumers.
The chicken vendor was booked as he was found to be delivering 200g short on each delivery of chicken, by inserting extra weight in the pan meant for weighing chicken.
Since June 2003 till August 2003 the Department of Legal Metrology has booked 68 cases on milk retailers and seized 1291 packets of milk under panchanama.
Nagesh M Naik, Controller Legal Metrology extended full co-operation to every
consumer who ever complaint verbally, through telephone, or in writing against
the milk vendors for overcharging on the sale of milk sachets, maintaining secrecy
of the complainants' name.
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HERALD 23/9/03
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