• Appeals department to conduct surprise checking
• Asks shop owners not to sell expired goods
Mokokchung, February 23 (MExN): The Ao Students’ Conference (AKM), the apex body of the Ao students, busted a shop selling expired edible commodities to the general public at AM Road in Sangtemla, Mokokchung Town on February 23.
According to a press release from AKM President, Jemti Lonchar and Assistant General Secretary Shilu Longchar, the students’ conference while inspecting the shop after informing the police found that almost 80 percent of the goods were expired. More than fifty thousand rupees worth of expired commodities were seized by the police, the release said. The owner of the shop has been handed over to the police along with seized goods, AKM added.
Meanwhile, the Ao Students’ Conference (AKM) has appealed to all the shop owners in and around Mokokchung to refrain from selling expired goods/ products to customers. Further, the office appealed to the department concerned to go for timely surprise checking in the shops so that standard or quality goods as per provision of the law are circulated in the market. The students’ organisation further asked the general public to remain vigilant and report to appropriate authority in case they find any malpractices.
