Supermercado Ole - Ave. Duarte

AlterEgo

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If you've shopped at Supermercado Ole on Avenida Duarte, you'd better read this. At least we know they do inspections.

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Proconsumidor seizes food with rodent stool at the Olé de la Duarte Hypermarket

The National Institute for the Protection of Consumer Rights - Consumption - reported Wednesday that it seized thousands of food products infected with rats feces at the Olé Hypermarket, located on Avenida Duarte.

Through a press release sent, he said that in the establishment there was a plague of mice in the same gondolas on the products were being reproduced.

According to the agency, these contaminated products were being sold to the public, which is "a very serious breach of the Law 358-05 of Consumer Protection" which establishes as the main right the protection of life, health and physical security in The consumption or use of goods and services, so that the products marketed should not present danger, harmfulness or risks to the health of consumers.

He added that he constantly inspects food suppliers, while providing guidance through a program of Good Practices, so there is no reason for situations like this to occur because Pro Consumidor provides them with accompaniment for good management and Distribution of food in order to guarantee the common welfare.

http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2017/08/...-fecales-en-el-hipermercado-ole-de-la-duarte/
 
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If you've shopped at Supermercado Ole on Avenida Duarte, you'd better read this. At least we know they do inspections.

computer translated:

Proconsumidor seizes food with rodent stool at the Olé de la Duarte Hypermarket

The National Institute for the Protection of Consumer Rights - Consumption - reported Wednesday that it seized thousands of food products infected with rats feces at the Olé Hypermarket, located on Avenida Duarte.

Through a press release sent, he said that in the establishment there was a plague of mice in the same gondolas on the products were being reproduced.

According to the agency, these contaminated products were being sold to the public, which is "a very serious breach of the Law 358-05 of Consumer Protection" which establishes as the main right the protection of life, health and physical security in The consumption or use of goods and services, so that the products marketed should not present danger, harmfulness or risks to the health of consumers.

He added that he constantly inspects food suppliers, while providing guidance through a program of Good Practices, so there is no reason for situations like this to occur because Pro Consumidor provides them with accompaniment for good management and Distribution of food in order to guarantee the common welfare.

http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2017/08/...-fecales-en-el-hipermercado-ole-de-la-duarte/
Does this seem surprising?
 

Fulano2

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Once in La Vega I met a lad who was selling little cakes and "pan de agua", you know the bread we used to use for fishing as boys, in a colmado. We had a chat and he invited me to his bakery. Unbelievable what I saw...mice running all over the bread and cakes. When commented about it he just smiled and said it was impossible to eliminate them!
 

Mcinbrass

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If you've shopped at Supermercado Ole on Avenida Duarte, you'd better read this. At least we know they do inspections.

computer translated:

Proconsumidor seizes food with rodent stool at the Olé de la Duarte Hypermarket

The National Institute for the Protection of Consumer Rights - Consumption - reported Wednesday that it seized thousands of food products infected with rats feces at the Olé Hypermarket, located on Avenida Duarte.

Through a press release sent, he said that in the establishment there was a plague of mice in the same gondolas on the products were being reproduced.

According to the agency, these contaminated products were being sold to the public, which is "a very serious breach of the Law 358-05 of Consumer Protection" which establishes as the main right the protection of life, health and physical security in The consumption or use of goods and services, so that the products marketed should not present danger, harmfulness or risks to the health of consumers.

He added that he constantly inspects food suppliers, while providing guidance through a program of Good Practices, so there is no reason for situations like this to occur because Pro Consumidor provides them with accompaniment for good management and Distribution of food in order to guarantee the common welfare.

http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2017/08/...-fecales-en-el-hipermercado-ole-de-la-duarte/

Throw out food, Throw away money in DR not happening. Repackage and sell.
 

cbmitch9

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I've seen Oatmeal with worms in the bags from some of those stores. The report is not surprising at all.
 

NALs

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¡Qué asco! They videotaped the rats!!

[video=youtube;cJEEDhldlR8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJEEDhldlR8[/video]

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CristoRey

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Been in there a few times to buy cold drink and use the bathroom.
This location always seemed a little dirtier than the one in Cristo Rey.
 

AlterEgo

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Today's DR1 News:

Supermarket Olé blames store rats on the neighborhood
Supermarket Olé published a paid announcement in response to the shutdown of the store on Av. Duarte after ProConsumidor inspectors confirmed the finding of rats’ feces on their food shelves. ProConsumidor also ordered the shutdown because over 1,500 expired items were being sold. Olé is the low-cost brand of the Grupo Ramos that also has the La Sirena and Pola supermarkets.

Nevertheless, the store put the blame for their internal lack of hygiene on the contamination that exists in the Duarte Avenue.The supermarket chain says the store is in an area where there are also more than 5,000 informal shops, where raw and cooked food is sold with no type of sanitary or food safety control.

The paid advertisement said that what happened at their store is an isolated event. The store points to the heavy investment the company has made in material goods and people to maintain the integrity and quality of their stores.

Last week the National Institute of the Protection of Consumer Rights (Pro Consumidor) shut down the Olé on Av. Duarte after rat feces were found on some products. The shutdown came after inspectors determined rats were inside the store circulating on the grocery store shelves.
After around a week closed, the store reopened on Tuesday, 29 August 2017 after paying a fine of RD$2.5 million for violating Law 358-05 on Consumer Protection. MetroRD reports that the flow of customers was back to normal.

http://listindiario.com/la-republica...n-de-la-duarte
https://www.metrord.do/do/noticias/2...alimentos.html