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José Enrique Santos, a former head of consumer protection, says he finds the government's plan to deregulate prices on basic-basket items highly damaging to ordinary Hondurans.

Consumer Protection Director Daniel Lou warned that inspectors will penalize merchants charging more than the agreed 8-lempira (about $0.32) cap per carton of eggs above the previous price, after authorities detected some sellers exceeding the limit set with producers representing 80% of the market.

The director of Consumer Protection said inspectors are conducting volume tests at fuel stations to verify that gas pumps dispense the stated amount, and checking that LPG cylinders contain correct volumes and that the diesel tax cut is applied countrywide.

Darwin Ponce, president of the consumer advocacy group Artículo 19, says Honduras lacks adequate fuel-storage capacity, forcing weekly purchases at current prices instead of buying in bulk when prices are lower.

Darwin Ponce, head of Honduras's Artículo 19 consumer-protection association, disputed claims of a genuine fuel subsidy, saying the government has not disclosed which budget line funds it and rejected relying on foreign companies for short-term relief instead of pursuing futures purchases and a petroleum stabilization fund.

The National Congress established a working group with legislators and government officials to investigate rising prices in essential foods and household goods, identify speculative pricing, and determine legal penalties for unjustified increases.

The National Congress approved a motion by Liberal lawmaker Yury Sabas calling for regulators including the Central Bank, CNBS, and the Financial Crimes Unit to meet with congressional committees to analyze monthly interest rates of up to 5–10% charged by informal lenders and propose protective measures.

Restaurants and comedores in the capital are selling tortillas for up to L2 (about $0.08) per unit, double the regulated maximum price of L1, while tortilla factories say they sell to retailers at L0.67, leaving consumer-protection authorities to enforce compliance.

Honduras's consumer-protection committee (CODECOH) will begin price-monitoring raids in Tegucigalpa this week, warning that shops charging above official prices will face legal penalties.

Honduras's Consumer Protection directorate says it has conducted over 7,000 inspections in four months, detecting expired merchandise and card surcharges, while publishing weekly reference prices from wholesale markets to curb price speculation on basic goods.

Economist Amparo Canales welcomed fuel price reductions as temporary relief but stressed that savings must translate into lower consumer prices broadly, urging authorities to monitor for pricing abuses.