Closure of two laboratories in the city of Tal that produce food that is not fit for human consumption

Damascus-Sana countryside

After follow-up and monitoring, the Directorate of Trade and Consumer Protection in the countryside of Damascus has seized two factories for the production and packaging of foodstuffs in the city of Al-Tal today, they manufacture and distribute food products under multiple names that violate health safety conditions and are not fit for human consumption.

The SANA camera monitored the process of controlling the materials that were inside the two laboratories, which varied between jams, tomato, pepper, date molasses, and dates. The necessary action was taken against their owners and confiscating the quantities in them.

Deputy Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection Jamal Al-Din Shuaib confirmed in a press statement that the continuous follow-up of consumer protection patrols in the Damascus countryside governorate where most of the laboratories are spread resulted in the discovery of two factories containing large quantities of food prepared for packaging and others packed and ready for distribution in violation of health safety and food standards Syrian.

Shuaib pointed out that after examining the products it turned out to be expired and unfit for human consumption and packed in a place where dirt, germs, flies and unpleasant smells spread, which required organizing the necessary seizures against their owners and referring them to the judiciary and confiscating the materials to destroy them in addition to closing the two factories and canceling the license.

Shuaib called for strict legal measures against persons who are not concerned with the health of citizens and who manufacture products that are not suitable for human consumption and impose the most severe penalties against them.

The Director of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection in Damascus countryside, Engineer Loay Al-Salem pointed out that yesterday six factories for the production of chocolate, moon religion and other products were closed in Irbin, Duma and Kiswah, stressing that there are daily controls organized to close unlicensed factories that do not observe the health safety conditions for food products.

He pointed out that consumer protection patrols operate around the clock and follow the work of food establishments and workshops scattered in the governorate to ensure the safety of products, pointing out that more than 1014 catering controls were organized during the past month for various violations, including not announcing prices or selling at an excessive price or not possessing and trading bills Regular buying or cheating and possession of spoiled items.

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