Underweight bread on sale in Maputo

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Underweight bread on sale in Maputo

7:35 CAT | 06 Dec 2016

A multi-sectoral task team consisting of elements of the National Inspection of Economic Activities (INAE) and the National Institute for Standardization and Quality (INNOQ), both subordinate to the Ministry of Industry Commerce, on Friday found, that quantity and weight are rigged in several bakeries and supermarkets in Maputo.

In some bakeries, the bread sold is far below the regulation weight, 200 gram loaves weighing 150 grams on average. Officials acknowledge the problems and promised to address the situation.

“This is a team job, not an individual one. I am going to meet the workforce to try to make the necessary corrections. I acknowledge the mistakes we have made,” Fáuzio Hamad, a representative of one of the bakeries fined said.

In the 7-Zero supermarket on the avenue Romão Fernando Farinha, below-weight products were found, along with others selling for more than the advertised price.

INAE’s national director of operations, Virgínia Muianga, says that her institution would be relentless in pursuing irregularities and agreed on the urgent need for the merchants to comply.

“This is an initial job. An inspection starts this way, surveying the situation on the ground. After that, there is a process itself,” she explained. The INAE and INNOQ inspections are taking place in other provinces too, to guarantee the consumer gets what they pay for in the festive season.

Source: Folha de Maputo