Rosselkhoznadzor: 33 tons of phantom milk from St. Petersburg were identified in Orenburg
In Orenburg, almost 33 tons of phantom milk were discovered, which was supposed to be supplied to kindergartens and schools. The widespread fraudulent scheme was reported to Rosselkhoznadzor.
The department noted that the products were supplied by a company from St. Petersburg. There was no production at the stated addresses. Complaints about the company's work initially arose from parents and regulatory authorities.
Rosselkhoznadzor uncovered a fraudulent scheme
After checking the data, the department announced a number of violations on the part of the St. Petersburg company. In particular, it is reported that since January, the organization has supplied 136 batches of dairy products to kindergartens through a gasket company whose warehouse did not comply with sanitary standards.
After checking the company’s supplier, who transported almost 33 tons of milk, Rosselkhoznadzor reported that there was no production at the registration address. Instead of a warehouse, there is a residential apartment building there.
According to the chairman of the consumer rights organization “Public Consumer Initiative” Oleg Pavlov, this is a common fraud scheme. He explained that a company with low prices wins a tender for supplies to hospitals, schools and kindergartens, after which it creates fly-by-night companies. “In reality, products are diluted, replaced or reduced in volume. Then they sell off the remainder and pocket the difference,” he added.
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Rosselkhoznadzor initially revealed the fact of registration of the Fruktomilk site. The Moscow enterprise, as noted, has already managed to sell 24 tons of milk. The supplier of raw materials for the production of Fruktomilk was local entrepreneur Yu.N. Molokovich. It was he who supplied the company with about 189.8 tons of pasteurized milk.
At the same time, Rosselkhoznadzor, when checking the data, found out that Molokovich Yu.N. does not operate as a milk processing enterprise and did not supply raw milk to the Fruktomilk enterprise.
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