{"id":61378,"date":"2023-10-12T20:38:55","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T18:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=61378"},"modified":"2023-10-12T20:38:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T18:38:55","slug":"aku-increases-checks-on-businesses-70-million-fines-for-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/aku-increases-checks-on-businesses-70-million-fines-for-food\/","title":{"rendered":"AKU increases checks on businesses, 70 million fines for food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year, the National Food Authority (AKU) \u00a0has carried out about 20,000 inspections in businesses that sell food products. Controls were carried out especially on those operators who have a higher risk than others.<\/p>\n<p>In total, it was seen that, in contrast to last year, there was greater care to keep food safe, but there were also cases when the standard was not guaranteed. As a result, in the first 7 months of the year, AKU imposed fines amounting to 70 million ALL.<\/p>\n<p>In all official controls, what is noticed this year in contrast to last year is a decrease in administrative measures such as fines and an increase in warnings given during these official controls.<\/p>\n<p>As for the products, it was found that those with meat had the highest risk and some of the supplements were blocked and withdrawn from the market.<\/p>\n<p>AKU has 21,000 registered food business operators, which it controls with risk profiling.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, the National Food Authority (AKU) \u00a0has carried out about 20,000 inspections in businesses that sell food products. Controls were carried out especially on those operators who have a higher risk than others. 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