REGULATION OF PACKAGING AND LABELING

I know for a fact that manufacturers and distributors are supposed to place the countries of origin, the names of manufacturers and their company’s contact information in their retail packaging, but the compliance to these laws seem to be very low. As an advocate of consumer rights, I believe that it is already a violation of our rights if these sets of information are not placed in the retail packaging. Firstly, if the country of origin is not stated, how could we decide to buy the product or not? What if we want to boycott some countries of origin? And what if we do not trust products coming from some countries? And what if we have a complaint about a product? Or what if we want to return a product? How can we do that if there is no contact information? This is a simple function that the DTI is supposed to be doing, but for some reason, there are hundreds of products, perhaps thousands that are in violation of the rules. It is not just the packaging, it is also the labeling, especially in the case of food products where consumers would like to know the nutrition information and the allergy information, among others. What if the consumers are allergic to nuts and MSG for instance? Do our LGUs have the capability to accept and process consumer complaints? I think that they have to do that already, now that the government is already talking about devolution. Could the LGUs look into this? IKE SENERES/1-21-24