Expired goods being sold at Port Mourant Market

Dear Editor,
IT is now becoming epidemic and frustrating to see the high volume of expired goods that are being circulated and sold to consumers at the Port Mourant Market. The prevalence of expired goods at the market has increased rapidly over the past few weeks. It was observed that retailers at the market have removed the expiry dates printed on the items by the manufacturers and stamped a later date. Consumers are conned into believing that the products sold have not expired as yet and due to the reduced costs, they are purchasing in large quantities. Some of these items are butter, bottled juices, Ovaltine, biscuits and other confectionery, carbonated, etc.
Mr Editor, these practices are illegal and unhealthy to the nation’s population and economy. A continuation of this practice will in the immediate future cause widespread incidence of food-related poisoning and possibly deaths in Region Six.
To date, the Environmental and Health Inspection Unit of the Government has made no attempt to get these expired goods off the market stalls. With each passing week, the volume of expired goods keeps increasing and so is the number of victims susceptible to food poisoning.
Members of the public need to be educated on these illegal practices and its dire consequences, so as to make healthier decisions before purchasing these items. It will be most grateful if the Government’s Environmental and Health Inspection Unit do something as soon as possible so as to get these items off the stalls of the Port Mourant Market.
Yours sincerely,
David Brigbhukan

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