Beware of Purchasing Fake Products in Dubai Markets. Use this app to avoid such Purchases

Montaji is the savior of shoppers in Dubai. The consumers in Dubai can now make purchase of authentic items and make sure that the products purchased are genuine or in case fake and also do match the health standards or not. 

The step has been taken by Dubai authorities in favor of national and international shoppers. The Dubai Municipality launched ‘Montaji’, a smart, integrated system for registration and classification of consumer products.

Other mobile application development companies in Dubai should come with same measures to prevent undue exploitation of their valued customers.

The system was launched on Monday (07 August 2017) and also is to come as an application packet to run on smart phones with the same name.

The system was brought into light by Khalid Mohammad Sharif Al Awadhi, assistant director general for Environment, Health and Safety Control Sector promised that the system was to ensure non compromising safety standards of products while guaranteeing smooth flow of trade.

Under the system all the health care products have been included and they have to maintain their standards and not compromising on consumers’ health. Product like soaps, detergents, perfumes, deodorants, cosmetics, etc. should be registered with the system said Naseem Mohammed Rafee, head of consumer product safety section.

Application development Companies in Abu Dhabi is gaining grounds and this is a constructive step by government to gain consumers’ confidence.

 In case of any doubt over the quality of the product the consumer can simply clarify it by entering the bar code or by entering the name of the product in the montaji system and thus verify the details. This will help to check whether the product has been registered with the consumer product safety section and the specifications of the product. Naseem Mohammed Rafee was further quoted.

A consumer helpline to report violations has also been setup through the municipality’s call center 80-0900. Mobile application development companies can use this time to gain momentum in online shopping market in Dubai.

An application with the same name will also be launched within two months, said Ahmad Mohammad Kajoor, head of IT infrastructure at the municipality.

He also said that the app will come with the feature of scanning the barcode to get product details immediately. While coming with next developments will include enabling the app to make use of consumers’ health profile so as to make sure a particular product is suitable for them.

The app will provide the service of reporting violations instantly. This system will help in reducing the time required for registration of products and also the cost of such a service will also be reduced which will directly benefit the companies.

Giving an example, Rafee said,” A company registering 10 colors of a lipstick brand had to apply 10 times before and each time they had to pay a fee of Dh200.  Now they can pay Dh 200 for the first time and Dh10 each for the rest of the colors.”

Also the system has been developed in such a manner that if someone tries to re-register a product which has been earlier rejected due to some standard issues. It will alert the staff of the department if such an action of re-registering is tried to be taken by hiding the ingredients of the product or misleading information  that are not in compliance of the norms. The statement was made by Rafee.

Every year Dubai witnesses increase in imports and in such a scenario it is important to maintain the quality of export entering the nation.

Conclusion: In the era of consumerism, such an action to work for the interest of consumers is rightfully a progressive step to a safer future.