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Anti-trust commission to fine fake butter dealers
15:31 - 21.11.11
The Commission for Protection of Economic Competition has imposed a
fine on several companies which were recently found to have breached
competition rules by importing and selling cream spread instead of
butter.
The fake butter dealers will have to pay 30 million Drams (about
$78,000) for cheating consumers by offering a higher price for a
cheaper product.
Inspections revealed that such companies as Bio Food, Brand Leader,
Kartel Anna, Felix Sarg and Ardis managed to realize their imported
cream spread as butter. The Commission also uncovered cases when
supermarkets themselves cheated consumers, having officially purchased
spread from suppliers and sold it as butter. Those companies included
Alex Grig, SAS Group, Star Divide, Fresh and Nor Zovq.
Most of the companies admitted the violations, promising to rule out
the repetition of such cases in future.
The Commission's monitoring has revealed the companies no longer break
the competition rules.
The entire package of the inspections will be sent to the Ministry of
Agriculture and the Sate Food Security Service.
Tert.am
15:31 - 21.11.11
The Commission for Protection of Economic Competition has imposed a
fine on several companies which were recently found to have breached
competition rules by importing and selling cream spread instead of
butter.
The fake butter dealers will have to pay 30 million Drams (about
$78,000) for cheating consumers by offering a higher price for a
cheaper product.
Inspections revealed that such companies as Bio Food, Brand Leader,
Kartel Anna, Felix Sarg and Ardis managed to realize their imported
cream spread as butter. The Commission also uncovered cases when
supermarkets themselves cheated consumers, having officially purchased
spread from suppliers and sold it as butter. Those companies included
Alex Grig, SAS Group, Star Divide, Fresh and Nor Zovq.
Most of the companies admitted the violations, promising to rule out
the repetition of such cases in future.
The Commission's monitoring has revealed the companies no longer break
the competition rules.
The entire package of the inspections will be sent to the Ministry of
Agriculture and the Sate Food Security Service.
Tert.am