Azerbaijan, Baku, March 19/ Trend , N. Ismayilova /
The State Service for Antimonopoly Policy and Consumer Protection under the Azerbaijani Economic Development Ministry revealed a discrepancy of expiry date printed on the package of cookies and dry biscuits of Elvan brand produced by Elvan İrmak company during the monitoring, the ministry reported today. According to the requirements of normative and technical documents, the maximum storage period of cookies is three months, dry biscuits - six months.
The monitoring confirmed the discrepancy, and over 12 tons of product, date of manufacture of which was over one year, were found at the warehouse of the company.
There was also found 1,439 empty boxes for packing goods produced in Turkey under the brand Elvan. Thus, they envisaged packaging of products manufactured by the company, with a view to its further distribution as products manufactured in Turkey. Elvan İrmak, making an unfair competition, misled the consumers.
In connection with these violations of the law of the company was instructed to recall their products from trade facilities and suspend sale of over 100 tons of products in the warehouse.