MBS orders Gill Mega Superrete to pay a fine for selling expired products

Malawi Bureau of Standard (MBS) has ordered Gill Mega Superrete located in Area 18 in Lilongwe to pay a fine of undisclosed amount of money for tampering with product date codes and selling of expired products.

This has been disclosed in a press statement released on Wednesday signed by Devlin Chokazinga made available to FaceofMalawi.

According to Chokazinga, the goods expired in 2015 but the Superrete was replacing the dates to read 2016.

“The owners of Gill Mega Superrete have since been fined for this behavior and the MBS is preparing further actions against Gill Mega Superrete because of repeated incidences of this kind of non-compliance by the client,” reads in part the statement.

Among other products that were found tempered with includes; Surex bathing soap, Jik 73*500mls, Super Mahewu, Whitecrane bathing soap, Maq soap, Yes Juice, Steri Milk, Corned Meat and Energy flavored drink.

Meanwhile MBS has appealed to the shop owners in the country against tampering with product date code and selling of expired products.