The Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI-FTEB) is looking into the concerns raised by the advocacy group Malayang Konsyume
Urging for more protection of agricultural products against smuggling, a consumers group called on the attention of lawmakers to "focus on real consumer problems" instead of exerting efforts to amend the Agri Smuggling Law and include raw and processed tobacco products, calling the tobacco smuggling
A consumer group on Sunday called for the immediate passage of Senate Bill 1688, filed by Sen. JV Ejercito, which expands the coverage of RA 10845 or the “Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act of 2016” to include hoarding, profiteering, cartel and "other market abuses".