{"id":15078,"date":"2026-03-20T12:15:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T12:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/?p=15078"},"modified":"2026-03-20T12:15:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T12:15:33","slug":"substandard-and-counterfeit-products-in-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/?p=15078","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Substandard and counterfeit products in markets&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>From your daily soap to construction materials \u2014 fake and inferior goods are in the markets, putting consumer safety and market integrity at risk. A study by the CCAA sheds light on the key drivers behind this growing trend \u2014 affordability pressures, information gaps, our heavy reliance on imports and weak enforcement. The findings call for stronger inter-agency coordination, mandatory certification and smarter consumer awareness.&nbsp;<strong>Because every Bhutanese consumer deserves to know exactly what they&#8217;re paying for!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit the link to view the details: <a href=\"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Substandard-inferior-and-counterfiet-products-in-Bhutan.pdf\">https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Substandard-inferior-and-counterfiet-products-in-Bhutan.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From your daily soap to construction materials \u2014 fake and inferior goods are in the markets, putting consumer safety and market integrity at risk. A study by the CCAA sheds light on the key drivers behind this growing trend \u2014 affordability pressures, information gaps, our heavy reliance on imports and weak enforcement. The findings call [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-notifications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15078"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15081,"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15078\/revisions\/15081"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}