The court saw CCTV footage from the supermarket, showing staff removing use-by and best-before-date stickers and replacing them with new, extended dates.
The director of a Canberra IGA supermarket has been fined $16,500 for label tampering and serious breaches of food health and safety laws.CCTV vision showed workers removing expiry stickers and replacing them with new, extended datesThe supermarket was also sentenced for preparing food in an unsanitary premises that increased contamination
The store's operator, Rising Wood Pty Ltd, was prosecuted in the ACT Magistrates Court, where director Abdullah Osman pleaded guilty to nine breaches of the ACT Food Act in July. Evidence also involved a four-litre near-empty can of acetone, which was believed to help staff to remove the dates. The store manager, Javid Osman, was also fined $1,000 last month after pleading guilty to hindering a territory public official during the investigation.
"Removing or changing best-before and use-by labels can deceive and mislead the public into making uninformed decisions about the quality and safety of food at the time of purchase," Dr Coleman said.
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