UAE anti-fraud rules outlined by the Ministry of Economy and Tourism require suppliers to stop selling affected goods immediately and remove them from markets and warehouses within 24 hours of notification, ARN News Centre reported.
The requirements cover counterfeit, spoiled and adulterated goods. Suppliers must also alert the shops and businesses that received those products and ensure their withdrawal within the same 24-hour period.
Withdrawal and public notices
A public withdrawal announcement must follow within 48 hours, in Arabic and English. Authorities can require faster removal where the goods threaten human or animal health or safety, or the environment.
The ministry outlined the measures at a briefing in Dubai on the executive regulations of Federal Decree-Law No. 42 of 2023 on Anti-Commercial Fraud. ARN identified the implementing measure as Cabinet Decision No. 107 of 2026.
Safeya Al Safi, the ministry’s assistant under-secretary for commercial control and governance, said the regulations address changing trading practices, including e-commerce.
Inspections and objections
The ministry and local economic and supervisory authorities carried out 10,023 commercial-fraud inspection campaigns in the first quarter of 2026, detecting 189 violations, according to the report.
The rules also address inspections, seized goods, destruction and recycling, and information sharing. Eligible products may be re-exported within 30 days to their country of origin or the country from which they were exported, subject to the prescribed conditions.
A person challenging a decision to reject conciliation has seven working days to object. The ministry or relevant authority must decide on that objection within a maximum of 10 working days.
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