00:00The DTI's men suspected that there's an appliance store in Plaridel, Bulacan.
00:08After being complained by some buyers,
00:11the items being sold there are those without ICC, or Import Commodity Clearance.
00:17Marisol Abdurrahman was able to prove it.
00:23There's no import permit.
00:24The labeling and marking is not correct.
00:27This is what the DTI discovered
00:29when they inspected the appliances being sold in this store in Plaridel, Bulacan.
00:34Aside from rice cookers, there are 65-inch TVs, electric fans, air conditioners, and more.
00:40This one also has no manufacturing details.
00:43The DTI's men suspected that there's an appliance store in Plaridel, Bulacan.
00:45After being complained by some buyers,
00:47the items being sold there are those without ICC, or Import Commodity Clearance.
00:53They were really selling.
00:55That's why we caught them.
00:57They were test-buying.
00:58They were selling those without ICC stickers.
01:02DTI has sold various appliances because they don't have ICC stickers.
01:07All of these are imported.
01:09And the value reached Php 44 million.
01:12Because they're imported from China and Korea based on packaging,
01:15they should have ICC stickers.
01:17DTI reminded them why they should buy certified ones.
01:22It proves that the products are safe and of good quality.
01:27And we're sure that they won't be a hindrance to our lives and to our appliances.
01:34No one owns the store.
01:36That's why it's just a supervisor who faced DTI and the media earlier.
01:39There's a sticker.
01:41I forgot to stick it on.
01:44The ICC stickers.
01:45You have to make sure that you stick it on.
01:47That's why they were sent for actual testing.
01:49It looks legit because it came out of the scanner.
01:53It doesn't look like it's from another product.
01:57As a consumer,
01:58it's possible to check if the ICC sticker is legit
02:01through the ICC verification system.
02:04They'll just stick it on the ICC sticker.
02:07We'll see the details if it matches the product.
02:11DTI gave the owner of the store Php 48 hours to explain
02:16even though they saw some violations.
02:19It's a violation of the Labeling Requirements under the Consumer Act.
02:23We'll file administrative cases and recommend them to the prosecutor.
02:30For GMA Integrated News, Marisol Abduraman.
02:35Learned 24 hours.
02:49Learned 24 hours.
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