A class action lawsuit against Stop Market was filed today in the Magistrate’s Court in Haifa
A class action lawsuit was filed today, Monday 18/7/22, in the Magistrate’s Court in Haifa through attorneys Hani Tannus and Nizar Tannos of the law firm Khuriya Gamal & Tannos Lawyers – against Stop Market.
The lawsuit represents the company’s customers who bought from it in the past two years and was filed following an order from the Ministry of Health issued yesterday, Sunday 17/7/22, ordering the closure of the Stop Market Castra branch, in light of many ongoing sanitary defects that have not been addressed for about two years.
The lawsuit states that the Ministry of Health has warned in the last two years about the many deficiencies discovered in the branch, but unfortunately the company did not remove the omissions, which led to the continued sale posing a sanitary danger to public health, hence the Ministry of Health ordered the branch closed immediately. Stop Market did not even bother to update its customers, the lawsuit states, and did not publish any ad in the matter, including any way to replace the purchased products, as consumers have the right to buy products for which there is no suspicion of any sanitary defect.
Boasting clean branches and quality products
The lawsuit also states that the company boasts branches and markets clean branches and quality products to consumers, when in practice the picture is different, since yesterday things fell apart when Dr. Rana Shibli, Haifa District Physician at the Ministry of Health, signed an administrative restraining order for the Castra branch. Public Health The Ministry of Health described on the order a number of deficiencies that confirm the feeling that for about two whole years the company did not maintain public health in light of the amount of serial deficiencies discovered.
Closes immediately
The company’s branch was immediately closed by order of the Ministry of Health and this is a rare and very serious step that indicates the many defects that exist in the branch regarding public health. Closing a branch is not a trivial matter, the Ministry of Health chose to close the company’s branch after finding persistent and serial deficiencies on a large scale and in all disputes, which led the Ministry of Health to internalize that this is a health hazard that could pose a danger to public health. It should be noted that the defects were discovered about two years ago, and the company chose not to regulate these defects, or it can actually be noted that the company’s branch even exceeded the need to regulate these defects, which led the Ministry of Health to close it.
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Advocate Hani Tannos told Haifa:
It is inconceivable that Stop Market would choose not to settle the deficiencies or remove the default for a period of about two years, noting that these are deficiencies that have an impact on public health. The public deserves to buy groceries from a business that adheres to the provisions of the law, respects the procedures and does everything to ensure that the products offered to consumers meet the proper production and hygiene conditions – closing the branch is conclusive proof that Stop Market does not care about consumer health.
Statement of Claim: Application for approval of a class action against Stop Market Supermarket 18/7/22
Stop Market stated to Haifa: “We will respond accordingly when we receive the claim”.
