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.
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.
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Listin Diario
MetroRD
30 August 2017
