supermarket chains Dia, Carrefour and Froizas well as companies such as J. García Carrión or Ray LechIn addition to dozens of industries, they were fined by the Food Information and Control Agency (AICA), an agency of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, for violating the Food Chain Act.
Specifically, the leading Department Luis Planas published the first list of definitive sanctions against companies for serious and very serious violations. Food Chain Law. A total of 69 companies emerge where the main elements of the sanctions are non-compliance with payment terms, absence of written contracts or not including prices in the said contracts.
In this way, Carrefour Shopping Centers, A fine of 3,001 euros Distribuciones Froiz received a sanction of the same amount and for the same reason for non-compliance with the payment terms, while Dia Retail Spain received two sanctions of EUR 3.001 for non-compliance with the payment terms and 3,899.12 Euros.
J. García Carrión group also fined 9,147,81€ for not meeting the payment deadlines, Pistachios from La Mancha received two sanctions. €10.449.24 non-compliance with payment terms and other 3.001 € Not formalizing food contracts in writing, as outlined in the quarterly release of sanctions for the first quarter of 2023 published by Europa Press.
However, the largest amount of 69 sanctions imposed by the Ministry of Agriculture fell on Ray Lech, a company devoted to agriculture. wholesale of dairy products, eggs, edible oils and fatstwo fines of EUR 3,001 for failing to comply with payment terms and EUR 11,500 for failing to issue food contracts in writing and not including the price.
Fines are also prominent among those who are sanctioned. Badajoz Agricultural Transformations (Transa) EUR 7,558.75 for non-compliance with payment terms and EUR 9,000 to Inleit Ingredients for making changes to the price in the contract that were not expressly agreed by the parties.