Dear consumers! The Consumers Union of Tajikistan congratulates you on the International Consumer Protection Day, which is celebrated today – March 15. We wish you all health, happiness and good luck in everything. May all your purchases be successful, and the services provided be of high quality! Today, in honor of the celebration of International...
The Union of Consumers of Tajikistan, on the basis of the Law “On Protection of Consumer Rights”, explains how to proceed in this situation. Unfortunately, there are very few consumers in Tajikistan who are aware of the legal requirements for food. What are these requirements? Not only the sale of expired goods is considered a...
On November 23, 2021, in the city of Khiva, the Republic of Uzbekistan, an international forum on consumer protection in the field of tourism, organized by the Federation of Consumer Rights Protection Societies of Uzbekistan, was launched. This Forum discusses issues of international standards of agreements on consumer protection, e-commerce, as well as mechanisms for...
In April 2021, the Consumers Union of Tajikistan created a network of volunteers “We are for safe food!”, which involved students of universities and 10-11 grades pupils. In order to increase the potential and legal awareness of the network members the Consumers Union was organized and conducted a one-day training following which the volunteers, under...
In the previous post, we talked about the launch of the youth network “We are for safe Food”, about the first results of monitoring and about the consequences of violations of the requirements of the legislation of food sale identified by volunteers. The results of the first monitoring made a good impression on the members...
In the previous article, we talked about launching an initiative to monitor food in stores, supermarkets and markets with the involvement of young people in this activity. After conducting a training event for the volunteers of the network “We are for safe food!” and improving their practical skills in identifying low-quality food or products that...
World leaders have recently stated that universal health coverage and access to comprehensive high – quality medical services “focused on the needs and interests of people” are indispensable conditions for ensuring health and safety for all. In addition, one of the most important aspects of consumer protection is obtaining high-quality medical services. Taking this into...
The safety of food products that fall into the consumer’s basket from the shelves of stores and retail outlets is the most important issue that requires special attention and radical measures. Despite the fact that huge efforts are spent to control the quality of food products and their compliance with legal requirements, today we can...
With the aim to raise global awareness about consumer rights and needs, World Consumer Rights Day is observed every year on March 15, since 1983. The day was inspired by President John F Kennedy’s special message to the US Congress on March 15, 1962. Kennedy addressed the issue of consumer rights and laid emphasis on...
For the last time, water supply rates were raised in Tajikistan in 2018 (illusttative photo). Water supply prices and garbage removal fees will not be raised this year, Jamshed Tabarzoda, the head of the State Unitary Enterprise (SUE) Khojagii Manziliu Kommunali (KMK — the state holding company for public utilities), told reporters in Dushanbe on...
