The Ministry of Economy and Commerce (MEC) has conducted a sudden inspection campaign on the fruits and vegetables outlets at various places in the country, in order to exercise tighter control on the local retail market. The campaign resulted in issuing four violation reports for not posting price tags and proper information labels on the products on display, which violated article no 7 of law no 8 for 2008 on consumer protection. The violating outlets were issued violation reports in addition to a fine of QR6,000 for the violation. Meanwhile, MEC stressed that it would continue the inspection campaigns to protect the rights of consumers and implement the stipulations of the related laws and regulations.
