The Commerce secretary and the undersecretariat of Consumer Defense of the Buenos Aires party Argentine Falklands carried out this Wednesday an inspection operation in a hypermarket Carrefourin which they detected non-compliance within the framework of the program Fair Prices.
The procedure was carried out at the premises located at Avenida Illia 3370, where irregularities such as shortages in the merchandise and stock of 64 products, and the absence of signage for another 58 itemsreported the national agency.
Among the main missing products, items in the meat, yogurt, toothpaste, cheese, cleaning and personal care items stand out.
In continuity with the regular inspection plan of #FairPricestoday the Carrefour hypermarket in #MalvinasArgentinas
Out of stock (64 products) and signage (58 products) were detected on a sample of 170 products, as well as expired products pic.twitter.com/c5SzdOitVc
– Secretary of Commerce (@ComercioArg) February 22, 2023
The inspectors also revealed a variety of expired products, for which they proceeded to draw up the corresponding minutes.
This operation is in addition to the one carried out days ago in the Municipality of San Martín, where the inspectors detected multiple and repeated breaches of municipal regulations by the Jumbo Hypermarket, which led to its immediate closure.
The inspections They are intended to verify effective compliance with the voluntary agreements signed by companies and supermarkets, and add to the different verifications carried out for which 770 fines for $806 million referring to different breaches are already in progress.