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Shopkeepers have to put labels in Portuguese until July on products sold in Mozambique, according to the National Inspection of Economic Activities (Inae)
Shopkeepers have to put labels in Portuguese until July on products sold in Mozambique, according to the National Inspection of Economic Activities (Inae).
This year is the last in which the government will grant a tolerance until July, for traders to label food products in Portuguese, according to National Inspector of Economic Activities, Rita Freitas. All goods placed on shop shelves in Mozambique must be identified in the official language of the country. It will no longer be labeled only in foreign languages.
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The step was taken to protect the rights of consumers. They can know exactly what product they are buying and its characteristics. Goods for sale that were not identified in Portuguese would be removed from the market. Mozambique imports most of the products consumed in the country from neighbouring South Africa, an English-speaking nation.
