Vague cheating in fertilizer business

Many tricks

Through inspection and market control by functional forces, it can be seen that the main violations of subjects producing and trading fake and poor quality fertilizers are related to business conditions, product labels containing incorrect information according to regulations...

Through inspection, Dak Nong authorities discovered many fertilizer products that did not meet standards.

Regarding fertilizer quality, the authorities discovered that after sampling and analysis, some products had a main ingredient content of less than 70%. These fertilizer samples were concluded to be counterfeit. However, the quantity was not large.

Most of the fertilizer products were found to be non-compliant or of poor quality, because they contained more than 70% of the main ingredient. These cases are subject to administrative sanctions according to regulations.

Dak Nong province's interdisciplinary inspection team inspects compliance with legal regulations at fertilizer businesses.

Mr. Truong Van Nhuong, Director of the Market Management Department, Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of Steering Committee 389/DP of Dak Nong province, informed that the subjects doing unhealthy business often use the same outer packaging as regular fertilizer products.

However, inside is mixed with substandard quality, not consistent with the declared main ingredient content on the product packaging.

In many cases, the origin of the product is changed or falsified to deceive consumers. For example, some people import low-quality fertilizer products from China, but repackage them and label them as fertilizer from Russia, the Philippines, etc.

Since the beginning of the year, functional forces under the Provincial Steering Committee 389 have conducted many inspections of fertilizer products in the area and discovered many violations.

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Of which, Dak Nong Market Management Department inspected and handled 36 fertilizer trading establishments that violated regulations, collecting a total amount of more than 160 million VND to the State budget.

Steering Committee 389/DP of the province has conducted inspections of business establishments in the province. The inspection team has inspected business conditions, regulations on goods circulation on the market and taken 12 fertilizer samples for quality testing.

As a result, 10/12 fertilizer samples ensured quality according to corresponding technical standards; 1 sample had quality that did not comply with corresponding technical standards and 1 sample had fake quality in terms of utility and usage value.

Authorities destroy fake fertilizer

The total amount of administrative fines imposed was nearly 58 million VND. At the same time, the authorities destroyed 2.5 tons of fake fertilizer…

Previously, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development inspected the compliance with legal regulations at 41 fertilizer production and trading establishments. At the same time, it randomly took 15 fertilizer samples, focusing on new fertilizer products on the market, foliar fertilizers, and micronutrient fertilizers.

The analysis results showed that 4/15 fertilizer samples had quality that did not comply with the announced technical standards (including: 3 poor quality fertilizer samples; 1 fake fertilizer sample).

How to respond?

Director of the Market Management Department of Dak Nong province, Truong Van Nhuong, said that currently, detecting tricks in the business of fake and poor quality fertilizers is facing many difficulties.

Detecting tricks in the business of fake and poor quality fertilizers is facing many difficulties.

According to Mr. Nhuong, to know whether a fertilizer product is fake or of poor quality, it must go through an intermediary step of testing, through a specialized agency to analyze and evaluate the product quality. The time from taking the sample to sending it for analysis and getting the results takes quite a long time.

Normally, during the inspection process, the authorities have to take many samples in many batches. Then, they will synthesize and send them to the product quality inspection center in Ho Chi Minh City for inspection.

From the time the product is sent to the competent authority for testing, determining the content and quality of the main ingredients above is announced, it usually takes 10-15 days.

“When the results are out, the product may have already been sold out. Meanwhile, there are currently no regulations requiring the temporary suspension of circulation of that product when taking samples. There is also no device in the province to perform rapid testing, giving immediate results, to determine if there are signs of violations,” said Mr. Nhuong.

Therefore, together with the functional sector, the unit recommends that people need to be vigilant to avoid buying fake and poor quality fertilizers. People should buy fertilizer products from reputable businesses and must have full invoices and documents.

When purchasing fertilizers, farmers should pay attention to the product packaging to ensure that there is complete information. For example: origin, source, main ingredient content of the product, circulation announcement decision, product conformity mark, product expiry date, etc.

When buying fertilizer products, people need to pay attention to the packaging to ensure there is complete information.

Farmers should also note that after use, they should keep the packaging of the fertilizer product they are using. This is the basis for the authorities to compare and handle unexpected cases according to the provisions of the law.

Currently, the provincial Steering Committee 389 is strengthening its propaganda work. In particular, every year, in addition to direct propaganda, the unit also posts banners, posters, and hotline phone number information at business establishments.

Therefore, all information reflecting signs of fake and poor quality fertilizer trading problems, people and businesses can inform the Market Management Department - Standing Agency of the Provincial Steering Committee 389 to grasp and handle promptly according to regulations.

Source: https://baodaknong.vn/lap-lo-danh-lan-con-den-trong-kinh-doanh-phan-bon-233916.html