Cigarettes with a passport

More than half of tobacco in the Middle Urals sold violations
Each second cigarette boxes sold with violations of the laws "On the protection of consumer rights" and "On Restrictions on smoking tobacco". By this conclusion came Rospotrebnadzora management specialists on the Sverdlovsk region.
The checks, which regularly conduct specialists Rospot-rebnadzora show that the situation with a turnover of tobacco products in the market area since the beginning of the year has not changed for the better. No violations have been many, and left. Each second cigarette boxes sold in excess of the maximum retail price or does not have quality certificate, but has smuggled or counterfeit origin.
-- This deplorable situation - emphasize in the management of Ro-spotrebnadzora - Concerning the most different varieties and brands of cigarettes - from cheap to very expensive. In the region imported and sold a huge number of tobacco without any documents, under -
tverzhdayuschih security product and its origin. That is to find a manufacturer in which case virtually impossible. It remains one - to punish the sellers of such goods.
And in this specialists Rospotrebnadzora quite succeeded. Only one month they spent 89 checks turnover of tobacco products, revealed violations of the laws and rules for the sale of certain types of goods on every second commercial facility. According to detect violations impounded 81 administrative fine of more than 200 thousand rubles.
From left no penalties and sellers, dispensing cigarettes to minors, and leaders of trade facilities, sell tobacco to load (cigarette boxes, along with lighters for a fixed price). Five materials on tobacco sales without mandatory labelling transferred to the magistrates' courts, six more are under consideration.
However, the most efficient effect in Rospotrebnadzore awaiting input from the first of July, the official ban on the sale of cigarettes without an indication on each pack maximum retail price and knowledge on the month and year of manufacture goods.