The Public Authority for Consumer Protection (PACP) in Oman has shut down a catering company after it was found selling expired food to popular hotels and shopping malls in the Sultanate of Oman.
The company has allegedly been adulterating the expiry date of food which was unfit for human consumption for months before it was caught – the Times of Oman news daily reported.
The company’s storage in Bousher was subject to a surprise inspection by the PACP officials.
There the authorities found re-labelling of more than 4,000 expired products, including rotten fish, meat, oil and cheese.
They also found a device which was used to remove the old dates and replace them with new fake ones at an office inside the company’s headquarters.
PACP said the company used to deliver ready-made meals to top-notch hotels and malls in the Sultanate.
The primary court issued a jail term of six months and a fine of US$51,942 (OMR20,000) on the company’s boss and destroyed its expired products.
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