CABANATUAN CITY: Several packs of Christmas lights were confiscated by operatives from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Philippine National Police for alleged violations of products standards on Friday.
The composite team, led by Ed Serrano, chief of the DTI-Nueva Ecija's Consumer Welfare and Business Regulation swamped on various establishments in this city at the rundown of Christmas season.

Serrano said they have caught six stores violating the certification requirements in selling Christmas lights as prescribed by the Philippine National Standards on Mandatory Products.

The rules provides, according to Serrano, that imported Christmas lights must have and present Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) certificate, must have ICC sticker with matching number code found in ICC certificate or in the list and brands being sold must be included in the list provided by the Bureau of Product Standards.

"If any of two of the requirements are absent or missing, the products are already subject for confiscation," Serrano explained.

While Christmas lights is one of the Yuletide features that make the season really colorful, many fire incidents have reportedly resulted from them,” Serrano said.

Armand M. Galang