Russian officials are conducting “systematic” inspections at the French supermarket chain Auchan following concerns about poor quality meat, the country’s chief public health official said Wednesday.
The inspections have taken place in all of Auchan’s Moscow stores since mid-June, said Anna Popova, head of the state consumer protection agency Rospotrebnadzor.
Rospotrebnadzor said on Wednesday that an Auchan supermarket in Moscow’s Kuntsevo district had committed violations similar to those of four other Auchan stores checked earlier — non-compliance with sanitary treatment and equipment disinfection requirements in its uncooked product shop, Interfax reported.
Another Russian government agency, Rosselkhoznadzor, had said that it would …read more
Source: Voice of America
