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LETS TALK ABOUT CONSUMER RIGHTS

Do we ever think about consumer rights? There is a daily talk of right refered to human matter such as women right, education right, and so on. But we never notice in our simple and small matter which is needed in our daily life or daily use. We daily consume cooked food, junk-food,juice,sweets,etc. We are always in hurry for buying food products or vegetables but never notice is it hygienic? We pay the money also why we dont get the healthy food in market? In this way the matter of consumer rights come.

"If wealth is lost nothing is lost,if education is lost something is lost but if health is lost every thing is lost"

The recent series of unacceptable aberrations seen in food and sweets products is a matter of grave concern. In addition, unhygienic production processes and the use of animal fats, which are popular food for vegeterians, have cause serious concern for us.

we praise highly the proactive action that the Department Of Commerce (DOC),Department Of Food Technology and Quality Control (DFTQC) and a number of district administration offices have launched to check thus criminality. The rising matter is simple one. The high investigation of the departments exposed more sweet shops, and other shops of rice,water etc.It is found that the rice are been sold without expired date, this sound really bad. The business men are deciping consumer.Every year, at the beginning of the festival season, the government performed perfunctory quality checks on some shops,hotels and resturant. This year was slightly different. Pressure was mounting from consumer rights.

After watching flies dies in the boiling syrup of gulab jamuns and cockroaches ivade a tray of barfi we have to wonder where the Department was and what they were doing while we nepalese served heaping platefulls at weddings and family dinner parties. But late better than never, so the Departments are equipped to protect the consumers. Otherwise, dishonest business will continue to cheat their customers and play with health and safety of the masses.

After the heavy investigation number of black marketing businessmen are caught than we are happy. But notorious businessmen, whenever they were caught, have been allowed to walk free paying a paltry Rs 5,000 in penalty. Such easy escape has bolstered their confidence and weakened the rule of law. Public health and consumer rights are issuses that the state should never compromise on. Hence, we urgently urge the government to boost their inspection and enforcement capacity by appointing more food technicians and the strong law for black marketing businessmen. As being consumer we must know our right and we should be attention on the food materials that we purchase.

Life becomes Bitter without consumer protection.