Scandal in Albania: Stores that change expired food products are discovered

These products were then remarketed, seriously risking consumer health.

Police operation codename “Food security” sequentine large quantities of processed food goods while the storage and storage manager were arrested on the floor.

“As a result of the operation, citizens F were arrested in French. D., 38, subject manager and A. D., 58, warehouse. Citizens S. T., 56, subject partner and A. D., 36, magazine driver”, police said.

From the investigations, police say it resulted in the subject of import-export activity and trade of industrial and food products, collected expired products from different markets in Tirana, Durres and Elbasan, falsifying the dates of indecisiveness and threw them back into the market, without tax documentation.

“During the operation were seized in the quality of material evidence 716 koli and tens of pounds of processed food goods that had the expiration deadline in January and February 2025, and the expiration deadline was forged with the aim of returning to the market for sale”, the police report said.

Proselytial materials were passed to the Attorney General Tirana for further actions for criminal acts “Industrial property rights violation”, “falsification of stamps, stamps or forms”, “Viewing income”, “Abpagation of taxes and taxes”, “Illegal work” and “Importi, production, sale, saving dangerous foods for health or people's life”