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During the beginning of Summer 2024 Plan, teams from the Defensoría del Consumidor have gone to different points of commerce to check prices and quality of products and services.

The Defensoría del Consumidor is monitoring different supply chains, on january 12 it started with basic grains and today, they activated another important phase within the plan and it is related to agricultural input trading companies.

The Defensoría del Consumidor conducted an inspection at the fairground and mechanical games "SivarLand", as part of the actions of the August 2023 Vacation Plan, in which a wide deployment has been made to defend the rights of consumers.

The Defensoría del Consumidor (DC) has intensified inspections in companies of different links of the food distribution and commercialization chain, especially of basic grains, to guarantee supply and avoid abusive practices that affect the population's pocket.

The Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG), through the Dirección General de Economía Agropecuaria, accompanied the inspections of the Defensoría del Consumidor in the surroundings of Mercado Colón, in the city of Santa Ana.

The Defensoría del Consumidor prevented abuses and ensured that goods and services establishments respected the rights of consumers during the August vacations as part of the "Plan Vacaciones Seguras 2022".

The President of the Defensoría del Consumidor and the team of inspectors of the institution visited the rice company Omoa, which packages and commercializes products of the basic food basket, such as rice, beans, rice, corn and flour.

The President of the Defensoría del Consumidor, Ricardo Salazar, informed in a radio interview that in the plan for the verification of compliance with the Consumer Protection Law about 445 inspections have been made. They have found 8% of non-compliance in the area of misleading advertising.

The Defensoría del Consumidor conducted inspections in supermarkets in the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, as part of the Christmas 2021 Plan, promoted by the National Civil Protection System, to protect the rights and interests of consumers during the Christmas and New Year holidays.

The President of the Defensoría del Consumidor, Ricardo Salazar, verifies the inspections operations developed by the institution in a shopping mall in the city of Sonsonate, to verify compliance with the Consumer Protection Law.