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06/20/2013
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U.S. Department of Justice wants to devise strategies to combat counterfeiting can seal quality certification body
BRASILIA - The deputy director of Conformity Assessment INMETRO, Paul Coscarelli said on Wednesday that one of the concerns of the organ in discussions about consumption and health is the falsification of Brazilian products. According to him, INMETRO and the IRS recently been sought by the Justice Department of the United States to develop strategies to combat counterfeiting can seal quality certification body for products.
During the 2nd International Seminar on Consumer Safety and Health, the Ministry of Justice, the director said that when counterfeit products use a certification seal, the trust relationship with the company is "corrupted".
- The product that spoofs the brand does not go through the same process by which others who have certification (go) - noted.
The director also noted that, unlike what one imagines, counterfeiting is not limited to CDs and DVDs Among the branded products are rigged sunglasses, batteries, shoes and toys, among others.
- In all these cases, the pirate product in performance, provides greater risks to consumers of products that are manufactured and undergo technical regulations - said Coscarelli, who noted that citizen participation is essential in this process, since only no trade of pirated products because there is demand for them.
The director also said that, with globalization, the challenge for consumer protection agencies is to understand what are the new products in circulation and health risk they offer.
- And, with regard to old products, to the extent that this change look with new practices, as we begin to introduce usability practices. Started to regulate a product not over requirements defined in the standard, but based on the use of that product, which may have fundamental difference, because the standard does not necessarily include all technical requirements - said.
The CEO of ANVISA, Dirceu Barbano, stressed that today the country does not know how many accidents attending public health are caused by consumer relations or how much they cost to public coffers. Barbano said that, so there is a safe environment from the point of view of health, agencies of different countries need to work together.
- Economies must at least have shares in government and sympathetic understanding of our role here has implications for the health of consumers worldwide. And today, we consume products that come from all countries - said.
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