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The General Department of Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Repression (CCF) has instructed DKSH Cambodia to issue a press release about the recall of Similac infant formula after the discovery of a virus in the product.

The General Department of Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Repression (CCF) has warned that it will take action against businesses that make untrue advertisements, mislead or cheat customers. Procedural action will be taken in March.

To protect public safety and prevent fraudulent behaviour, the General Department of Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Repression (CCF) in January confiscated more than 14 tonnes expired or defective goods, some of which contained chemicals or other illegal additives.

In the first 19 days of January, officials from the Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Repression Directorate-General (CCF) found 103 fuel business stations that were not in compliance with legal standards on the quality of octane index, quantity or price.

Back in 2020, the government renamed the Cambodia Import-Export and Fraud Repression directorate-general to Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Repression Directorate-General (CCF) and revised its roles and responsibilities.

The Ministry of Interior’s Anti-Counterfeit Products Committee (ACPC) presented on January 3 the results of their operations to impound counterfeit medical, poor-quality, substandard and illegal products to fight Covid-19 in 2021.

The Directorate-General of Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Repression (CCF) has planned seven programmes to be implemented in 2022 to increase food safety and ensure fair business practices.

Inspectors from the General Directorate of Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Repression (CCF) found 784 petrol stations and depots that were violating the law in regards to fuel quality and pricing this year. Fines were imposed in 773 cases, while the remaining seven were serious enough to be sent to court.

Government experts and other interested parties met together for the 20th time at a workshop to discuss the drafting of a law on data protection and confidentiality, while the General Directorate of Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Repression (CCF) confirmed that the debate regarding the law’s contents is ongoing.

Hundreds of tonnes of unsafe products were confiscated and hundreds of non-compliant businesses were fined or shuttered in a nationwide crackdown that took place all throughout 2021, according to the Ministry of Commerce’s Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Repression General Directorate (CCF).