Myanmar requires all products to be described in Burmese

Myanmar requires all products to be described in Burmese

On October 30, 2018, according to a report by New Light of Myanmar:

According to the relevant responsible person of the Mandalay Consumer Protection Commission, on October/26/2018, the Central Committee for Consumer Protection issued an announcement that in order to protect consumer rights,

All products sold in Myanmar's domestic market must be marked in Burmese or Burmese and other languages,

including: product use methods; storage methods; adverse reactions, reminders and side effects after use with other items; etc.

It will be officially implemented six months later.

The announcement stipulates that the nine major categories of products that must be marked in Burmese or Burmese and other languages are as follows:

1. Food

2. Household appliances: household appliances and electrical products;

3. Children's products: strollers, toddlers, children's toys, children's cradles, children's cleaning supplies;

4. Communication products: landlines, mobile phones and accessories;

5. Drugs and complementary foods: over-the-counter medicines (oral medicines, external medicines), health products, traditional ethnic medicines;

6. Chemicals: fertilizers, pesticides and chemical ingredients used in food, daily necessities and cosmetics;

7. Cosmetics: cosmetics, hair products;

8. Daily necessities: toothpaste, soap, washing powder, washing liquid;

9. Mechanical equipment: agricultural machinery equipment, medical auxiliary equipment.

Data source: New Light of Myanmar