The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is considering  banning the sale of electrical appliances in electronic marketplaces after it seized a record value of uncertified products last month.

DTI Undersecretary Amanda Nograles said the agency is looking at the possibility of regulating warehouses where electrical appliances are stored.

Nograles said the DTI has received reports that some products go straight to warehouses and are not subjected to certification for Import Commodity Clearance or ICC.

Local products are required to undergo screening by the Bureau of Product Standards and once cleared are issued Philippine Standard stickers.

“We are looking for a  way to regulate warehouses by inspecting and checking (their products) for compliance,” Nograles said.

Meanwhile, Nograles said the DTI will soon release a streamlined list of products under the suggested retail price bulletin.

Those which will be removed include  bottled water, candles, condiments and processed milk.

But Nograles said manufacturers of products to be taken out of the list will still have to go inform DTI whenever they adjust prices.

“We will continue to monitor those delisted but they will no longer be part of the SRP bulletin,” she said.

The DTI’s said  Task Force Kalasag has seized  a record P44 million worth of uncertified appliances in enforcement operations in Plaridel, Bulacan on July 30.

Seized were a total of 24,771 units of non-compliant appliances found in violation of Republic Act  No. 4109 or the Product Standards Law, as well as Department Administrative Order (No. 02: 2007 for lacking the PCC and ICC stickers.

Seized products include electric fans, television sets, electric rice cookers, electric multi-cookers, electric kettles, air conditioners, self-ballasted LED lamps, and extension cord sets.

Before this, the biggest single-day haul of uncertified appliances, also from the same area, was valued at P 9.3 million.

To date, the seizures total nearly P118 million.