According to the investigation service, two individuals who marketed hazardous chocolate are facing charges.
An inquiry established that the accused attached stickers indicating a new expiration date to expired chocolates with various brand names of foreign origin, and subsequently marketed them within the Tbilisi shopping network.
Following investigative measures, a substantial quantity of expired chocolate, sold by the defendants and containing microorganisms dangerous to human health, was confiscated from the retail premises. Moreover, it was ascertained that the defendants, by falsifying information on the customs declaration, had brought undeclared food products worth 85,000 GEL into Georgia, using a truck, via the customs checkpoint. These items were also apprehended as a result of the investigation and reported to the Ministry of Finance’s investigative service.
The agency notes the actions are covered by Articles 198 and 214 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which prescribe a prison sentence ranging from 8 to 11 years.
By Mariam Gorkhelashvili
