Malawi Bureau of Standard (MBS) has fined Sana Cash n Carry Area 47 Shop and Food Mart Limited a default charge of K232, 971.16 each for selling and supplying underweight ABC washing detergent gel on 4th February 2022.
This has been confirmed in a statement released on Friday made available to faceofmalawi.
According to the statement, MBS received a tipoff from well-wishers that Sana Cash n Carry situated in Area 47 was selling imported ABC Detergent gel suspected to be underweight.
MBS officials stormed the shop and conducted quality check on the said products and the results came out positive.
“Samples of 250g Green, 400g Green and 400g Blue ABC washing detergent gel were weighed using calibrated scales, and the samples gave an average reading of 208g, 385g and 350g, respectively. These readings included weight of the packaging material.
“Sana Cash N Carry Area 47 shop indicated that the said product was being supplied by Food Mart Limited in Lilongwe,” reads in part the statement.
Added the statement: “Therefore, MBS inspectors also visited Food Mart Limited to check if similar products in their stock had the same problem. Samples of the product weighed at supplier’s warehouse were also found to be underweights. All such non-conforming products were quarantined and both the seller and the supplier were ordered to either re-export the product or destroy it, in accordance with the provision of the MBS Act (Cap 51: 02). Re-exportation or destruction of the products will be done under the watch of the MBS.”
