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DTI tightens steel monitoring amid 'The Big One' concerns
Manila Bulletin
|April 29, 2025
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will amplify its monitoring of substandard steel products, as they may compromise public safety, especially during natural disasters such as earthquakes.
"We'll strictly monitor and enforce," DTI Secretary Cristina Roque told reporters, when asked about the results of the agency's recent meeting on the matter.
To protect the safety of consumers and the resiliency of infrastructures, Roque said hardware stores must not sell substandard steel.
Talks of strict monitoring against such products reemerged after the magnitude 7.7 earthquake that rocked Myanmar and Thailand last month.
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