The Food and Economic Safety Administration (ASAE) announced today that it has filed 81 misdemeanors under an operation on initiatives such as Black Friday or Cyber Monday in relation to “price cut selling practices.”
Noting that this is “a common occurrence at this time of year,” the ASAE said in a statement that these recent inspections “are aimed at verifying that operators’ price cuts are in compliance with the law.”
“As a result of the action aimed at both physical enterprises and an offer made on the Internet, 1,453 economic operators were checked, as a result of which 81 administrative cases were opened,” the document, published today, says.
Among the main violations identified, ASAE highlighted, among other things, “non-compliance with the rules for selling advertisements with price reductions, non-compliance with legal regulations regarding promotions, lack of a complaint book, and insufficient transparency of prices from outside. in shop windows or shop windows. “
In November, the Directorate General for Consumer Affairs (DGC) recommended “Caution and Attention” for Black Friday and Cyber Monday purchases, the last Friday of November and the first Monday after that day when companies announce big discounts at their physical and digital stores. …
