A 35-year-old man has been arrested by Tirana police for selling expired agricultural products, the dates of which had been changed.
According to the capital's police, the young man with the initials ED, 35 years old, was found by AKU employees in his warehouse in Fushë Krujë with a considerable amount of agricultural products, with a shelf life of 2 years from the year of production, to which he had attached labels that specified a shelf life of 3 years from the date of production.
Investigations suspect that this citizen also sold a significant amount of agricultural products for plant protection, the expiration date of which was extended by 1 year beyond that approved by the Ministry of Agriculture.
Police announcement:
The operation was carried out by the Economic and Financial Crime Investigation Section, in cooperation with the National Food Authority (AKU).
A 35-year-old man was arrested for selling expired agricultural products.
In this citizen's warehouse, in Fushë Krujë, a considerable amount of agricultural products was found, to which this citizen had extended the expiration date by placing new labels.
In implementation of the plan of measures for controls in various entities, with the aim of preventing the trading of expired food and agricultural products, the Economic and Financial Crime Investigation Section, in cooperation with the AKU, organized and finalized, under the direction of the Prosecution, the police operation codenamed "Expiration".
As a result of this operation, citizen ED, 35 years old, resident of the village of Krutje, Lushnje, was arrested.
Investigations suspect that this citizen sold a significant amount of agricultural plant protection products, the expiration date of which was extended by 1 year beyond that approved by the Ministry of Agriculture.
During the inspection carried out in collaboration with AKU employees, in this citizen's warehouse in Fushë Krujë, a considerable amount of agricultural products was found, with a shelf life of 2 years from the year of production, to which this citizen had attached labels indicating a shelf life of 3 years from the date of production.
Also, the Police services seized, as material evidence, hundreds of adhesive labels on which the expiration date for agricultural products had been changed.
The procedural materials were transferred to the Prosecutor's Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction of Tirana, for further action.