On the morning of January 16, 2026, officials from the Sihanoukville provincial Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Repression (CCF) branch, led by branch chief Khun Simon together with specialist officers and in cooperation with the provincial commerce department, held an educational session on food safety and consumer protection for students and teachers at the Sihanoukville Provincial Polytechnic Institute in Sangkat 3, Sihanoukville city.
Specialist officers from the provincial CCF branch explained the Law on the Management of Quality and Safety of Products, Goods and Services, the Law on Consumer Protection, the Law on Food Safety and the Law on Competition. They particularly discussed diabetes in relation to nutrition, pointing to many people’s frequent consumption of very sugary foods from childhood and foods high in fat.
CCF specialists also informed students about the dangers of drug use, explaining that drugs pose grave dangers to society as a whole and that young people are the most vulnerable group.
The warning described drugs as having immediate physical and psychological effects and potentially causing serious harm to young people’s intellectual, mental and emotional development. It said the effects of drugs were increasingly damaging human resources. “Stay away from drugs!”
After the session, the specialists distributed and put up food-safety information posters for students and teachers at the institute.
By: Pai Sokhim
