Dti Allows Extended Retail Hours, Adds Pet Nutrient Too Hardware Every Mo Essential Goods

With the extension of the Enhanced Community Quarantine over Luzon until Apr 30, 2020, there’s a fleck of expert news: extended retail hours for essential goods as well as services.

The Department of Trade as well as Industry (DTI) released Memorandum Circular 20-08 which allows all supermarkets, groceries, populace markets, pharmaceutical as well as drug stores, as well as retailers of basic necessities as well as commodities covered yesteryear Republic Act 11469 or the Bayanihan Heal As One Act to extend their retail hours for upwards to 12 hours.

Separately, nether Memorandum Circular 20-16, the DTI is instantly expanding the orbit of essential products to include pet nutrient as well as hygiene products such every bit shampoos. Therefore, these businesses (including the furnish as well as manufacturing of their raw materials) are instantly allowed to operate. That said, companies are advised to provide workers temporary on-site or near-site accommodations (maximum radius of five kilometers from manufacturing site) as well as shuttle services to restrain the campaign of people.

Furthermore, delivery services of pet nutrient likewise every bit hardware products are instantly allowed likewise nether the revised DTI guidelines.

The DTI says that all Local Government Units or LGUs must abide yesteryear the DTI Memorandum Circular.