2024-01-07T06:43:22+00:00
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/ Today, Sunday, the Iraqi Economic and Political Center called on the Iraqi government and the security and regulatory authorities concerned with combating commercial fraud and controlling the situation of ovens and bakeries in Iraq because their bread and “samoon” products touch the citizens’ livelihood and daily needs.
The center’s director, Wissam Hadmal Al-Helou, said in a statement: “The center recorded, through its follow-up of citizens, the existence of cases of commercial fraud, as bread and (samoon) are sold in some bakeries and ovens with weights of less than 90 grams per piece, not to mention that some people use types of flour that are not suitable for consumption.” Human quality or expiry date.
He added, “Cases of fraud do not stop at the borders of a specific region or governorate, and what is required is the implementation of continuous periodic inspections of bakeries and ovens to combat commercial fraud, as there is no longer an excuse or reason for some to reduce the size of bread and (samoon) and sell it for 6-8 pieces of (samoon). For example, a thousand dinars, or 4-5 loaves of bread of the same value, especially with the availability of government support for these ovens and bakeries.”
Al-Hilu added, “The government sells flour and fuel to bakeries at subsidized prices, and provides local and imported wheat of good quality and abundance at acceptable prices compared to its prices in neighboring countries and the world. It also provides fuel through the Iraqi Ministry of Oil at a subsidized price.”
The director of the center also pointed out that “the Central Bank of Iraq also allowed merchants to buy the dollar at the official price for the purposes of supplying food supplies, which blocks the way for those who try to raise the prices of wheat and other basic commodities under the pretext of the high exchange rate, as merchants who do not have illegal transactions enter “The platform allows them to buy dollars and import what they want without problems.”
Al-Helou pointed out that “there is a relative improvement in the quality of the food basket, and the ration card items are on the rise compared to previous years,” calling on the Ministry of Commerce and the relevant authorities in the control department of the General Company for Grain Processing, which is responsible for monitoring and following up on ovens and bakeries, to continue its periodic campaigns to monitor prices. And the quality of what is produced in bakeries and ovens, as well as in shops and commercial factories, to ensure the quality of products and to prevent those who try to exploit the needs of citizens by using commercial fraud to achieve an illegal increase in their profits, which exhausts citizens and harms their health.”