2023-08-24 22:31:23
Consumers demanded that sales outlets need to place distinctive explanatory signs on offers that include products with a validity approaching expiration, especially food ones that require speedy consumption.
In turn, two officials in two sales outlets confirmed to “Emirates Today” that commodities whose expiry date is close to expiring are subject, like other commodities, to regular offer policies approved by the competent regulatory authorities, which acknowledge offering commodities for sale as long as they are under the validity period, even if for short periods.
Explanatory banners
In detail, consumer Mahmoud Ismail said, “It is necessary for sales outlets to take care of placing explanatory signs on offers that include goods that are close to expiring,” pointing out that “the consumer may not pay attention to the expiration date during shopping, especially during peak periods and at the end of the week, or During consumer seasons, such as the back-to-school season.
For his part, consumer Saeed Mounir said, “Putting explanatory signs on offer items that are close to expiring, guarantees the right of knowledge and transparency to consumers, leaving them the freedom to choose whether or not to buy.” He explained that he “bought more than once goods within offers or even outside them, and then discovered that their validity was close to expiring, which forced him to destroy them.”
The consumer, Walid Abdo, agreed that he “bought goods more than once, in large quantities, without noticing that their validity was close to expiring,” stressing that “putting distinctive signs on these goods, especially during sales, supports the consumer’s rights to know the data of the goods before purchasing, and dealing.” With it according to that data and not store it ».
In the same context, the consumer, Muhammad Faraj, considered that “putting signs will not prevent the consumer from purchasing goods, especially if their prices are appropriate within the discounts, but it will allow him the right to know the data of the commodity he is buying, especially since some sales outlets deal with these goods within Regular offers have limited discount rates, which makes consumers then make the most appropriate decision to buy or not.
Offer policies
In addition, the Director of Corporate Communications at the Union Coop, Dr. Suhail Al Bastaki, said that “goods offers in general are subject to unified policies, just as commodities that are close to expiring are subject to the same policies, especially since they are still subject to different validity periods, which makes them Appropriate in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations for display in sales outlets, whether within offers or not.
He added that «(Union Coop) adheres to the instructions of the competent authorities to control commodities in the markets with regard to offers of commodities, whether normal or whose expiry date is close to expiration, and is also keen to have several months of validity sufficient for the products included in the campaigns of sales offers.”
In turn, the director of purchases at a chain of retail outlets, Dibal Sharen, said: “It is difficult for many sales outlets to put distinctive explanatory signs on offers of goods that are close to expiration, to avoid being classified by consumers under that description, as they are special signs for offers of this type of product.” Goods », pointing out that » these goods are subject, like others, to regular offers policies approved by the competent regulatory authorities, which acknowledge offering goods for sale as long as they are within the validity period, even if they are for short periods.
“Emirates Consumer Protection” monitored complaints and observations
The Secretary of the Emirates Society for Consumer Protection, Muhammad Abdullah Al-Naqbi, said, “It is necessary for consumers to have sufficient awareness, not to store goods whose expiry date is regarding to expire, and to read the expiry dates of the goods before purchasing, whether they are within the discount offers or not.” In order to make a decision to buy or not, and to know the possibility of storing these goods. And he emphasized that «the association monitored complaints and observations of consumers who bought goods that were close to expiring, then discovered that they had run out of validity following a short period of purchase, which requires avoiding these practices».
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