MCI inspection teams confiscated 1300 secondhand tires from the commercial shops
MCI Closed a warehouse in Hafer Al Batin working on renewing used tires through spraying special materials on them and deceiving the consumers of their quality. MCI teams confiscated more than 1,300 secondhand tires in a number of shops , exhibitions and warehouses in Hafer Al Batin , which were selling used and expired tires, the offenders were summoned for investigation and taking the legal procedures against them.
MCI inspection teams had held the offending warehouse during the sudden inspection tours on a number of shops specialized in selling tires , where they found a number of foreign labors working on repairing and renewing damaged tires by spraying special materials on them and then marketing these tires to the shops, which is considered a risk to the consumers.
It is worth mentioning that MCI has been carrying out intensive campaigns on counterfeit and copied consuming goods in the markets, in an effort to protect the consumers from their dangers , to punish the offenders and to stop such violations.
MCI stresses that it will not tolerate with those touting and promoting fake or counterfeit goods , particularly that threaten the health and safety of the consumers and it will apply the necessary penalties against the violators .
MCI would like to confirm that it will continue the inspection tours on markets , warehouses , shops , factories and all commercial establishments , to ensure their regular work .
MCI calls on all the consumers to report complaints and observations to the Report Center at the Ministry on the phone No. 800 124 1616