Toroslar Municipality increased pre-school stationery inspections
Quick Look
- Toroslar Municipality Police teams inspected stationery businesses shortly before the schools opened.
- Product price tags, compatibility of label information and practices that could mislead the consumer were checked.
- In particular, the compliance of the stationery materials used by the students with the legislation was examined.
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Why It Matters
As we prepare for the start of the new academic year, families' school shopping is increasing. Toroslar Municipality aims to ensure product safety and price transparency by inspecting stationery businesses during this period.
Police teams, who took action upon the increase in shopping density of students to meet their school needs shortly before the opening of schools, scrutinized the stationery businesses throughout the district.
During the inspections, the price tags of the products offered for sale in stationery stores, the compatibility of the label information with the products, and practices that could mislead the consumer were checked. In addition, the compliance with the legislation of stationery materials used directly by students was examined.
Teams; In addition to notebooks, pencils, erasers, paint materials and similar school products, he also checked the information and warnings that should be on the products offered to children. While the license status of the businesses was reviewed, necessary information was provided to the business owners about the deficiencies detected.
"WE ARE MORE SENSITIVE WHEN IT COMES TO THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN"
Mayor of Toroslar, Abdurrahman Yıldız, stated that with the start of the new education period, families are turning to school shopping, and that inspections are especially important for products that concern children's health.
Mayor Yıldız said, "In these days when the excitement of getting ready for school is experienced, our families are shopping to meet the needs of their children. What is important for us here is that our families know the price of the product they buy, as well as the reliability of the product their children use. For this reason, our police teams carry out checks in stationery stores, protecting both the rights of the consumer and the safety of our children. While we protect the labor of our tradesmen who work in accordance with the rules, we will also follow the practices that may cause our citizens to be victimized."
Toroslar Municipality Police Department teams will continue their inspections of businesses where citizens shop intensively with the start of the academic year. The municipality will continue field work so that students can start the new education period with healthy and safe products and parents can shop safely.
Open Questions
- Which specific products were violated during the inspections?
- What will be the penalties for violating businesses?
- In how many stationery businesses were these inspections carried out?
