PLN 1.5 million fine from IJHARS for the importer of adulterated products from Ukraine! This concerns technical rapeseed and feed wheat

Published 2024년 4월 4일

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In Poland, the Agricultural and Food Quality Inspectorate (IJHARS) imposed a PLN 1.5 million fine on an importer for mislabeling technical rapeseed and feed wheat from Ukraine as consumer products, falsifying their intended use and origin. The case involves 3,882 tons of rapeseed and 7,670 tons of wheat, currently under criminal proceedings. Despite the fraud, the products, which were sold to six contractors, were not harmful and have been removed from the market. IJHARS, which conducted around 82,000 inspections last year with a 1.4% irregularity rate, has also established a team to fight food fraud and issued six additional penalties for similar offenses.

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The Agricultural and Food Quality Inspectorate (IJHARS) imposed a fine of PLN 1.5 million on the importer who introduced the so-called consumer products to the Polish market. technical rapeseed and feed wheat from Ukraine - IJHARS chief inspector Przemysław Rzodkiewicz announced on Thursday at a press conference. The information presented shows that the services questioned 3,882 tons of rapeseed and 7,670 tons of wheat. In the first case, according to IJHARS, the importer falsified the intended use from technical to consumer use, and the country of origin - from Ukraine to Poland. In the case of wheat, it involves changing its purpose from feed to consumption and falsifying the country of origin. The decision is not final yet, noted IJHARS. Additionally, the entire case is subject to criminal proceedings under the supervision of the prosecutor's office in Rzeszów. As Rzodkiewicz stated, last year IJHARS conducted approximately 82,000 inspections of food products from non-EU ...

Source: AgroPolska