The winter holidays attracted not only tourists to the mountain areas, but also representatives of the Consumer Protection Authority. In the first week of checks, 255 economic operators were checked in three regions sought by tourists during the winter holidays, namely South Muntenia Ploiești, North East Iași and Center Brașov.
Following the control actions, ANPC commissioners applied 199 contravention fines, worth approximately 1,1 million lei, 132 warnings, 30 measures to temporarily stop the provision of the service until the deficiencies are remedied and a proposal to suspend the activity until 6 months. ANPC inspectors have also made a video with surprising moments during the checks.
The most important deviations found deviations from the law, the most important of these being:
- the sale or use of raw materials whose minimum durability date has passed
- changing the thermal state of the products
- the use, in the assisted display area, of unsanitized refrigerated display cases, whose trays contained traces of food residues, stains and liquid from product leaks
- the use of refrigerated display cases that had fans with deposits or a thick layer of dust on the protective grid, traces of mold and rust
- marketing of vegetables - fruits with organoleptic changes, mechanical blows, spots, dehydrated, soft consistency, unfit for human consumption
– the use of unsanitary cold spaces, with traces of food residues stuck to the stainless steel trays, rusty surfaces, traces of insects
- the lack of mention of allergens on the menu lists or the display of the weight of the portions, in some public catering units
- lack of metrological checks on the measuring instruments used
- lack of labels on some food products
– using damaged or unprofessional kitchen utensils
- lack of display of accommodation prices
- the use of unsanitized or damaged bed linen, mattresses and other accessories in the accommodation spaces
- the lack of information necessary for tourists, in the accommodation spaces.
And the long list above is just for the first week of checks.
