Several companies located in the Veranda Mall in the capital have been checked by the commissioners of the National Authority for Consumer Protection (ANPC), having been fined 70,000 lei so far. Also, eight restaurants were temporarily closed for several irregularities, including the presence of insects, unhygienic spaces, food kept at inappropriate temperatures, and for one company a proposal was made to close between 6 and 12 months. The control was not completed, ANPC representatives stated, according to News.ro.
Veranda MallPhoto: DreamsTime
The representatives of ANPC announced on Thursday, through a press release, that 18 control actions were carried out by the Commissioners of the Bucharest-Ilfov Regional Commissariat for Consumer Protection (CRPCR) at the commercial companies located in Veranda Mall in Bucharest.
“Following the checks, contravention fines in the amount of 70,000 lei have been applied to 13 economic operators up to this moment, the control being still ongoing. Also, the complementary measures of definitive stoppage of the sale of non-compliant products with a total value of more than 10,000 lei, temporary stoppage of the provision of services until the deficiencies are remedied for eight economic operators (seven units and one supply aisle), the proposed closure temporary for a period from 6 months to 12 months for an economic operator”, the statement states.
ANPC also sent the list of economic operators who were sanctioned.
1. “Mesopotamia” – SC Set Corporation SRL – checks in progress
The control teams found the following deficiencies: the use of non-compliant cooking utensils; the use of some topping type products that did not have the opening date mentioned in order to establish the traceability of the product; using products labeled with the wrong date.
2. Gourmet, Rustic Food SRL – checks in progress
ANPC commissioners decided to temporarily stop the provision of services.
3. Cartofisserie SRL – checks in progress
Deficiencies found by the control teams were: the use of unprofessional kitchen utensils; non-compliance with the storage temperature for food products; the use of defrosted food products, without mentioning the date of defrosting; the use of metal grates with peeling paint (which were removed from the refrigerated space during the control); storing soft drinks in the vicinity of cleaning solutions; the lack of mentions regarding the ingredients of the products and their nutritional value, in the menu list.
4. Coffee Ted’s – reviews in progress
The irregularities found here were: the lack of translation of the label on several varieties of coffee and tea; lack of characterization and identification elements for pastry products.
In this case, the non-compliant products were permanently stopped from being sold.
5. SC Rex Concepts BK Romania SRL, Burger King
ANPC representatives discovered several irregularities: the use of some sauces for the preparation of hamburgers stored at temperatures of 29-30°, not respecting the storage and storage temperature recommended by the manufacturer; the use of sauces without information in Romanian on the label; the use of cold storage spaces with massive accumulations of ice and dirt; the lack of mentions regarding the ingredients of the products and their nutritional value, in the menu list.
The unit was fined 20,000 lei and was temporarily closed until the deficiencies were remedied.
6. SC Veranda Kbor SA
Deficiencies found by the ANPC commissioners were the use of the supply aisle for the unsanitized food area, with portions of exfoliated floors, damaged walls, uncontrolled storage of cardboard waste, plastic, wood, dumpsters, metal carts.
“Due to the fact that food products and preparations for public catering units were supplied through this aisle, there could be a risk of their contamination, which would have led to damage to the lives and health of consumers who used the products prepared by them”, specified the representatives ANPC.
The unit was fined 10,000 lei and services on the supply aisle were temporarily stopped.
“For this violation, the operator was sanctioned by ANPC, and if it is repeated, more drastic measures will be applied. The professional assumed, by declaration on his own responsibility, the remedy of the non-conformities within two weeks”, stated the cited source.
7. SC Carrefour Romania SA
The control teams found several deficiencies: in the goods reception area, the following objects were found: cardboard waste, wooden pallets, plastic and metal boxes in which food and non-food products were stored, defective metal carts for transporting shopping , plastic shuttles, paper; in the area of the unloading ramp, the existence of unsanitized pavement, with household waste, and smelly liquid leaks from the compactor was found.
The company undertook to remedy the non-conformities within seven days.
In this case, a fine of 5,000 lei was given.
8. SC Nuvola BY Diana SRL – checks in progress
The ANPC teams discovered the use of semi-prepared products without labels with identification and characterization elements; the use of wire sponges, the use of uncovered trash cans.
The non-compliant products were definitively stopped from being sold.
9. SC Panda Grill Express SRL – checks in progress
Deficiencies found: non-compliance with the storage temperature for hot food (37.3 degrees measured with the supplied thermometer, compared to 60 degrees, which would have been in accordance); the use, in the food block, of depreciated utensils, wire sponges, plastic containers with depreciated lids.
Non-compliant products were permanently stopped from being sold and the unit was temporarily closed.
10. SC Zoomserie SRL
Deficiencies found: the use of products without the expiry date mentioned on the labels; lack of information on the ingredients and nutritional value of the dishes, in the menu list; the repeated commission of violations sanctioned in the past by ANPC.
The unit was fined 10,000 lei and a proposal will be made to temporarily close the unit, for a period of six to 12 months.
11. SC Cmmx Cinema Company SRL – checks in progress
Deficiencies found: the use of frozen meat products without the unit being equipped with a slaughterhouse; the use of some products with a thermal state has been modified; the use of products without identification elements; the use of sauces with an expired consumption date.
The non-compliant products were definitively stopped from being sold.
12. VIETFOOD SRL
Deficiencies found: the presence of live insects, the use of unsanitized refrigeration units, with broken edges, the use of unprofessional kitchen utensils, with a high degree of wear and tear, and trash cans without lids, the use of raw materials and preparations without identification elements, change in the thermal state of the raw material, non-compliance with the temperature regime for cold and hot food, lack of information on the ingredients and nutritional value of the dishes, in the menu list.
The unit received a fine of 25,000 lei, the non-compliant products were permanently stopped from being sold and the provision of services was temporarily stopped.
13. SC Sushi Univers SRL – checks in progress
Deficiencies found: the use of refrigerating units with ice deposits; the use of raw materials with an expired consumption date; changing the thermal state of refrigerated/frozen food products; the use of unsanitized refrigeration units, with deposits of dust and impurities; hot finished dishes kept at temperatures of max 8 degrees C; non-compliance with the storage temperature recommended by the manufacturer.
The unit was temporarily closed and non-compliant products were permanently stopped from being sold.
14. Noodle Pack SRL – checks in progress
Deficiencies noted: unhygienic and damaged hot table, with cracked glass; non-compliance with the storage temperature for hot meals; lack of information on the ingredients and nutritional value of the dishes, in the menu list.
The facility has been temporarily closed.
15. Royal Boba Cream SRL – checks in progress
Deficiencies found: the use of semi-prepared products without labels with identification and characterization elements and without a consumption limit date, in order to be able to establish their conformity; failure to observe the storage temperature recommended by the manufacturer; lack of information on the ingredients and nutritional value of the dishes, in the menu list.
The unit has been temporarily stopped.
16. “COF NEDELYA” SC NEDELYA BUCHAREST SRL – checks in progress
Deficiencies found: the use of some products without mentioning the date of opening, to establish traceability, or without identification elements; the sale of products that were not displayed on the menu, without mentioning the price and weight.
The other two economic operators are under verification. (photo source Dreamstime)
