{"id":138301,"date":"2025-05-15T21:13:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T18:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/138301\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"ministry-accuses-retail-chain-of-selling-expired-food","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/138301\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry accuses retail chain of selling expired food"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May 15, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus&#8217; trade ministry has performed random checks of the Santa retail chain and claims violations at 76 percent of the stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chain sold expired bakery, confectionery, sausages, culinary products, cheeses and other products, the ministry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also accused the retailer of &#8220;violations of the legislation on prices and pricing.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those responsible will be held accountable, it warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry reported the alleged violations to the Brest Regional Executive Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Santa group is led by businessman Alaksandar Ma\u0161enski. Its companies produce fish and dairy products, sell food, run restaurants and engage in other business activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Economic crimes up 20 percent in one year<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 22, Pozirk. Belarusian law enforcement agencies reported 73,270 crimes last year, 14 percent fewer than in 2023, yet the number of economic crimes went up by more than 19 percent to 1,861, according to Pozirk&#039;s analysis of the National &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/131142\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 15, Pozirk. Belarus&#8217; trade ministry has performed random checks of the Santa retail chain and claims violations at 76 percent of the stores. The chain sold expired bakery, confectionery, sausages, culinary products, cheeses and other products, the ministry said. It also accused the retailer of &#8220;violations of the legislation on prices and pricing.&#8221; Those [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[21],"class_list":["post-138301","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ministry accuses retail chain of selling expired food | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 15, Pozirk. Belarus&#039; trade ministry has performed random checks of the Santa retail chain and claims violations at 76 percent of the stores. 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