Sana'a - Saba:
The control committees of the Economy, Industry and Investment Office in Sana'a Governorate carried out field visits to 17,971 shops during the past year 2024.
According to statistic issued by the office, a copy of which was received by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), the field campaigns included all the governorate's districts, and 13,241 shops and commercial establishments adhered to the commercial controls and requirements and circulars issued by the office.
It stated that during the field inspection of the committees, 1,501 various violations were detected, including non-compliance with precautionary measures, refusal to inspect, damaged and expired goods, failure to display the price list, price increase, non-compliance with health requirements, lack of a commercial register, lack of weight in bread, failure to sell by scale, tampering with the scale and lack of packaging and weights.
The statistics say 3,336 circulars were issued and distributed during the year and 1,394 seizure reports were issued.
1,020 violations were decided upon, including 901 previous violations and 119 current violations, the Director of the Industry and Trade Office in the governorate said, noting that among the measures taken were the closure of 37 shops and the referral of 28 cases to the Public Prosecution,.
The financial fines, during the past year, amounted to 16 million, 803 thousand and 410 riyals, Fahd Al-Gharbani added.
He stressed the continuation of periodic field campaigns to monitor markets, facilities, shops and bakeries with the aim of controlling violations, amid "need for cooperation between local authorities in the districts to enhance the efforts of field control teams in controlling violators in a way that ensures consumer protection and achieves price stability in the markets."
The Deputy Director of the Industry Office, Aziz Al-Khawlani, expressed willing to protect the consumer by providing their needs for food, basic and consumer goods, facilitating their access to markets and preventing monopoly, especially in such exceptional circumstances that the country is going through, calling on citizens to cooperate with the field control teams affiliated with the office and report any violations by traders on the toll-free number "174".
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