Giza seizes 14 tons of cooking oil and 5.3 tons of subsidized flour in supply raids

Giza supply inspection campaigns seized 14 tons of cooking oil, 5.3 tons of subsidized flour and 2,800 liters of diesel in weekly market and bakery raids.

• Inspections in Giza seized 14 tons of cooking oil, 5.3 tons of subsidized flour and 2,800 liters of diesel between October 25 and 29.
• Authorities issued 260 violations against municipal bakeries for bread weight shortfalls and non-compliant specifications.
• Governor Ahmad al-Ansari ordered intensified supply inspection campaigns and legal action against violators.
• Supply director Sayyid Bilasi said inspectors filed 57 citations for failure to display prices and 15 for unlicensed activity.
• The campaigns also seized 2.4 tons of processed meat in addition to the oil, flour and diesel.
• The 260 bakery violations included unauthorized closures as well as bread weight shortfalls and non-compliant specifications.