OTTAWA – Pakistan-based food products company National Foods Ltd. has been fined $25,000 for violating Canada’s unsolicited telecommunications rules.
Acting on complaints, the CRTC said Monday that an investigation determined that National Foods initiated telemarketing telecommunications to consumers whose telecommunications numbers were registered on the National Do Not Call List (DNCL), and for doing so while it was not registered with the National DNCL operator and was not a registered subscriber of the National DNCL, contrary to Canada’s unsolicited telecommunications rules.
The Commission issued a notice of violation to the company on March 30, 2017 for 303 violations at $82.51 per violation, for a total penalty amount of $25,000. National Foods was given until April 30, 2017 to pay the total administrative monetary penalty (AMP) or to make representations to the Commission regarding the violations. The company did not respond and is therefore deemed to have committed the violations. The $25,000 AMP is now due by November 1, 2018.
“If payment has not been received with 30 days of the date of this decision, the Commission intends to take measures to collect the amount owing, which may include certifying the unpaid amount and registering the certificate with the Federal Court”, reads the decision.
