Azerbaijan, Baku, April 2 / Trend K. Zarbaliyeva /
Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office filed a criminal case against Elvan Irmak Gida Mehsullari Ltd.
Materials concerning the results of audits conducted by the Ministry of Economic Development, were submitted to the General Prosecutor's Office to give them a legal assessment, the General Prosecutor's Office told Trend.
Prosecution General Office instituted criminal proceedings under Article 197.2 (illegal use of a trademark or service mark), 200.1 (consumer fraud) and 308.1 (abuse of power) of the Criminal Code.
The State Service for Anti-Monopoly Policy and Consumer Rights Protection at the Ministry of Economic Development checked the legality of production and sale of confectionery in Elvan Irmak Guda Mehsullari Ltd, operating in the village of Sulutepe in Binagadi region, the General Prosecutor's Office said.
The audit found that the expiration date on the labels of sugar cookies and biscuits produced by the enterprise is increased more than indicated in the normative and technical documents for relevant products. Products that have expired were revealed in the warehouse.
Moreover, it was revealed that about 6 567.5 kilograms of confectionery (chocolate, caramel and wafers), imported from Turkey, expired 17 days ago. About 4 461.8 kilograms of biscuits produced by Elvan Irmak Guda Mehsullari Ltd expired 289 days ago. About 150 kilograms of biscuits, expired 197 days ago. Expiry date of about 477 kilograms of chocolate jelly is not specified.
About 72 726.2 kilograms of expired products were found. Expiry date of 9,408.4 kilograms of biscuits was increased by more than 180 days.
It was found that the company used a cleaning device "Black Dot Cleaner" to remove the expiry date of products.
The audit also found that about 361 133,8 kilos of chocolate, caramel and wafers were imported under the agreement signed between Elvan Irmak Gida Mehsullari Ltd and Elvan Gida Tourism Textile Pazarlama Ltd.