CRTC fines National Foods $25K for violating DNCL rules

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...