Egypt: Ministry of Supply launches expanded campaign on food commodity stores in downtown Cairo

Published 2021년 11월 1일

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The Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade in Egypt has conducted a campaign to seize large quantities of expired goods, including dairy products and staples, from a wholesale store in Cairo. The campaign, led by Engineer Abdel Moneim Khalil, aimed to adhere to directives to control market goods and ensure only fresh, safe consumption. The seized expired goods were found to have expired between April and August of the previous year. A representative from the internal trade sector has been sent to the Public Prosecution to execute the seized quantities and prevent their circulation in the markets.

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Engineer Abdel Moneim Khalil, Head of the Internal Trade Sector at the Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade, confirmed that in accordance with the directives of the political leadership, and the instructions of Dr. Ali Al-Moselhi, the Minister of Supply and Internal Trade, to tighten control over the markets and to ensure that goods suitable for human consumption are offered, while not circulating any goods of unknown source and outside standard specifications. Huge quantities of expired goods weighing 11 tons, most of them white cheese, frozen cheese, roumi cheese, cheddar cheese, luncheon meat, rice and pasta, produced in April, March and August last year, with a validity period of 12 to 18 months, was carried out through a magnifying campaign carried out by the sector with the help of the concerned authorities. The head of the internal trade sector said that these quantities were seized in one of the wholesale stores in Al-Darb Al-Ahmar area in Cairo governorate, after ...

Source: Akhbarelyom