Caught red handed. During a check at the Carrefour Angers Grand Maine drive-thru service, local Anti-Fraud agents verified “the marketing of fruits and vegetables that present false indications of origin”, according to a notice published on the website of this service of the Carrefour Angers Grand Maine. Ministry. of the Economy.
Some of these products even presented “the indication of French origin even though the product was foreign,” details the French Directorate General for the Fight against Fraud (DGCCRF), recalling that these facts constitute a deceptive commercial practice.
“With the agreement of the prosecutor of the Angers judicial court, a fine of 15,000 euros was proposed to the Carrefour Hypermarchés company, which accepted it,” the DGCCRF further specifies.
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This is the first communication of this type published on the Anti-Fraud website since the Minister of Economy, Bruno Le Maire, indicated on Wednesday that 1,000 establishments had been checked regarding the French origin of the products sold, of which 372 did not comply. the rules. The first reports will be published “in the coming days,” he said.
In recent weeks, in the context of the crisis in the sector, French farmers have gone to supermarkets to protest against certain products of foreign origin. They ask to buy local products versus imports of products that are often less expensive but are sometimes subject to lower social or environmental standards.
Source: BFM TV
