Four officers from the Bhutan Standards Bureau (BSB) visited the Bureau of Product Standards (BPS) at the DTI Main Office Building in Sen. Gil Puyat Ave. Makati City last May 6, 2013 for a study tour on standards and conformity assessment. BSB, being instituted only last 2010, has put its officers on training tour to gather best practices and valuable insights on standards development from established standards bodies. The BPS presented to the guests the Bureau’s Standards Development Program.

 (First row, extreme left) BPS Product Manager for Electrical Devices, Engr. Samuel Paden, (first row, extreme right) BPS Technical Officer, Engr. Nikko Cadang (2^nd row, third from left) BPS Standards Development Division Officer-in-charge, Engr. Emmaline Vitug, (2^nd row, third from left) BPS Technical Committee Officer, Ms. Ledilla Papa (first row, 2^nd and 3^rd from the left) BSB Chief Administration Officer Minchuk Kensho and BSB officer Sangay Yeshi (2^nd row, 1^st and 2^nd from the left) BSB officers, Ms. Neeya Pradhan & Ms. Kelang Choden (2^nd row, extreme right) tour coordinator from Paibare Inc., Ms. Christabel Quijano.

Thirty participants from different sectors of the government and the industry have gathered together for a consultation and validation workshop on the project design of the Component 3 of the Trade Related Technical Assistance (TRTA) Project organized by the Department of Trade and Industry- Bureau of Product Standards (DTI-BPS). The event was held last April 24, 2013 at the 3rd Floor, Audio-Visual Room (AVR) of the DTI Main Building in Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City.

 Atty. Pedro Vicente C. Mendoza, Bureau of Product Standards (BPS) Director-in-charge opened the event by citing the objectives of the workshop, which was followed by a presentation from Ms. Lydia Guevarra, Director of the DTI-Office of Special Concerns (DTI-OSC) of the overview and framework of the project which mainly aims to improve the National Quality Infrastructure of the Philippines. Director Guevarra serves as the TRTA3’s Imprest Administrator.

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Trade Secretary Gregory L. Domingo orders the filing of administrative and criminal cases against importers and retailers selling products with fake Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) stickers or in mere possession of fake ICC stickers.

In Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) recent monitoring and enforcement activities, Unitop General Merchandise in Dumaguete City, was found selling motorcycle helmets with fake ICC stickers allegedly supplied by an importer, Double E Trading. In a follow-up activity of the warehouse of Unitop General Merchandise in Malabon City, DTI found 60 motorcycle helmets without ICC stickers and confiscated 1,200 pieces of ICC stickers that are allegedly fake.

The DTI warns the retailers from carrying the following brands including Ben 2, KH, NSS, Oscar, Cobra, Pioneer, 2A and Sunstar that are allegedly affixed with fake ICC stickers until they submit them for proper verification. According to the records of the DTI’s Bureau of Product Standards (BPS), an importer, Double E Trading with address at No. 525 Femii Bldg., A. Soriano Avenue, Intramuros, Manila, has imported these brands of motorcycle helmets.

“Retail outlets with the said brands may go to the nearest DTI office for verification of the ICC stickers. It is better that they do this before DTI enforcement teams find them in possession of motorcycle helmets with fake ICC stickers”, DTI-Consumer Welfare and Business Regulation Group (CWBRG) Undersecretary Zenaida C. Maglaya Undersecretary declares.

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