Overview
- The federal consumer watchdog began the operation on October 16 to deter abusive pricing and provide on-site guidance to affected residents.
- Inspectors are applying the Quién es Quién en los Precios methodology to monitor staples such as corn tortillas, packaged bread, water, eggs, milk, poultry and disposable diapers.
- Recent fieldwork concentrated on seven municipalities in Veracruz, including Poza Rica, Álamo, Tuxpan, Coatzintla and Papantla.
- A total of 440 establishments have been reviewed, with price labels installed to reinforce transparent posting of costs.
- Monitoring remains active across 26 affected municipalities, with Profeco describing the findings as preliminary and continuing oversight.