Baghdad – conscious
Today, Sunday, the Iraqi Economic and Political Center issued a call to the Iraqi government and the security and regulatory authorities concerned with combating commercial fraud to control the situation of ovens and bakeries.
The center’s director, Wissam Hadmal al-Helou, said in a statement received by the (INA): “The center recorded, through its follow-up of citizens, the presence of cases of commercial fraud, as bread and samoon are sold in some bakeries and ovens with weights of less than 90 grams per piece, in addition to some using different types of of flour that is not suitable for consumption in terms of quality or expiration date.”
He called for “carrying out periodic inspections of bakeries and ovens to combat commercial fraud,” noting that “the government sells flour and fuel to bakeries at subsidized prices and provides local and imported wheat of good quality and abundance at acceptable prices compared to their prices in neighboring countries and the world.”
He pointed out, “The Central Bank of Iraq allowed merchants to buy the dollar at the official price for the purposes of supplying food supplies, which blocks the way for those trying to raise the prices of flour and other basic commodities.”
Al-Helou pointed out that “there is a relative improvement in the quality of the food basket and the ration card items compared to previous years,” calling on the Ministry of Commerce and the relevant authorities in the control department of the General Company for Grain Processing, which is responsible for monitoring and following up on ovens and bakeries, to continue periodic campaigns to monitor prices and quality. What is produced in bakeries and ovens, as well as in shops and commercial factories, to ensure the quality of the products.”