{{Following the public outcry over expired products in various supermarkets in and around the city,IGIHE.com carried out a quick survey to establish the status of the matter.}}<\/p>\n
In Simba and Nakumatt Supermarkets the major city shopping centers, our team established that products on shelves were found to expire within 6,7,8 days. <\/p>\n
Other products on shelves were expired but still on sale for over a month while on a high price.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, Justine Ngarambe the Head of Simba supermarket said that they care much about the standard of their products and they take stock control every day.<\/p>\n
She said, \u201cwe cannot sell old and used products though we cannot even prevent people from blackmailing us. We reduce a price for products remaining with one month in order to finish quickly and those remaining with one week are taken out of the shelves replaced with brand new ones.\u201d<\/p>\n
She added that once their customer finds a product expired, he has to return it for exchange not later than 5 days.<\/p>\n
Ngarambe concluded saying that Rwanda Bureau of Standards (RBS) visits their supermarket after every two months.<\/p>\n
In a testimony from a client who bought \u2018antibiotic\u2019 medicine on 24th of a month from a RAMA pharmacy and after using them for some days he found that they had expired two months ago.<\/p>\n
This person, who preferred anonymity, said that they assured him that the expiration date does not matter saying that medicine can be used 6 months more after the deadline. <\/p>\n
The most striking problem is that most of the products which are said to be expired are beverages, food and medicine from pharmacies which are likely to harm people’s lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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