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FROM
CUBA
Cuban government effort directed against
consumer fraud
SANTA CLARA, Cuba, October 21 (Javier
Machado, Cubanacán Press / www.cubanet.org)
- Municipal authorities in Santa Clara launched
an effort to protect consumers against fraud.
The operation began at 5 a.m. Friday and
concentrated initially on 14 local bakeries,
finding eight of them sold underweight bread,
said chief Price inspector Rafael Marichal.
Inspectors levied fines on the transgressors
and forwarded reports of the irregularities
to higher authorities in the province.
Marichal allowed that workers' dining halls
also tamper with the weight of foodstuffs
sold, but said some of that was due to the
lack of specified products.
Marichal said his department will continue
to monitor and enforce controls especially
in the food industry, in which consumer
fraud is most frequent.
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