Nearly 80% of inspected retail outlets in the Vitebsk region found to have substandard goods - KGC

October 14, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. The Vitebsk Regional Committee of State Control revealed violations of legislation in the sale of goods at all inspected retail outlets in the third quarter, the regional committee informed BELTA. The Committee of State Control exercises constant control over the state of the consumer market, the availability of domestic goods in wholesale and retail trade. In July-September of the current year, 24 entities were inspected, with 57 trade, public catering, and consumer service facilities checked in Vitebsk, Novopolotsk, Vitebsk and Liozno districts. Violations of legislation in the sale of goods were found in all inspections. In almost every retail outlet, goods with expired shelf life, without price tags and necessary labeling on the packaging regarding the manufacturing and expiration dates of the goods were found. In addition, such violations of sanitary rules as storing goods on the floor, on the ground without pallets, warehousing with violation of product adjacency, temperature regime, and absence of entries in the sanitary books of sellers are widespread. Based on the results of the inspections, 150 people were brought to administrative responsibility, 116 to disciplinary responsibility, including two dismissals. In general, over 9 months of 2010, in all 183 inspected retail outlets, specialists of the Vitebsk Regional Committee of State Control identified violations: in 146 (79.8%) outlets, the requirements for the quality of goods sold were not met, goods worth Br17.1 million were rejected; in 121 (66.1%), customers were not provided with the necessary information about the goods; in 83 (45.3%), sanitary norms and rules were violated; in 29 (15.8%), goods provided for in assortment lists were missing, in 23 (12.6%) price discipline was not observed, in 17 (9.3%) metrological norms and rules were violated. 501 offenders were brought to administrative responsibility in the field of trade and consumer services during this period, with fines totaling Br66 million, and 299 people to disciplinary responsibility, including 16 dismissals. -0-