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Parents should be alert to guarantee stamps in school supplies

01.25.2016

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Alana Gandra - Reporter Agency Brazil

When buying school materials, parents should be alert to the compliance stamp National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (Inmetro). The warning was made today (22) by the agency's director of Conformity Assessment, Alfredo Lobo.

"It [the label] shows that before this product is placed on the market, he underwent laboratory tests and demonstrated meet the security requirements of the Regulation issued by Inmetro" he said.

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Inmetro seal ensures that school materials have undergone tests before reaching the mercadoArquivo / Agency Brazil

Inmetro monitors consumption of accident reports and recalls with similar entities in countries such as Canada, Italy, Australia and the United States, and identified problems in school supplies are also sold in Brazil.

"These products were toxic and possibly heavy metals. Products that have sharp or pointed parts that can cause poisoning of the child or accident, such as cuts, "cited.

The institute is conducting a national surveillance operation to verify that the products sold have the conformity seal. The rules for certification were published by Inmetro in 2010 and established minimum safety requirements for 25 items of school supplies list.

For industry, Inmetro given time until 2013 to manufacture or import products within the rules. As for retail, the limit for marketing materials without the seal was February 2015. "From that date, theoretically, all school supplies covered by that regulation should be guaranteed," said Wolf.

In addition to the monitoring of this month, more intense period of school supply sale, Inmetro says it routinely monitors whether the products on the market are certified.

Risks of informal market

The institute also recommends that parents not to buy school supplies in the informal market and requiring the invoice.

"There is a large presence of school supplies in the hands of street vendors and the analysis we make of such materials is that they often have toxic substances and heavy metals, hazardous substances to the human body." Wolf warned that these substances can bring cumulative consequences that will manifest some time later.

Consumers who observe any irregularity in school supplies can make a complaint to the Ombudsman Inmetro, through the free phone 0800 285 1818. The complaint triggers the supervision and the technical go to the point of sale. The trader who is undocumented can be penalized with warning and receive a fine ranging from R $ 100 to R $ 1.5 million. Moreover, you can be seized or interdicted material, depending on the case.

 

Source: EBC

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