Record fines at a grocery store haitian

Vincent Larin

Saturday, 10 march, 2018 01:00

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The Super Market Tropic tops of the shops that received the most fines last year in Montreal. Same as the grocery store haitian is the most punished of the city since three years, confirms the municipal administration.

The owners of the Super Market Tropic, which also houses a snack, did not have a valid permit to operate, have found four occasions in the last year of the employees of the Department of food inspection of the City of Montreal.

Just for this fault, they were sentenced to four fines separate in 2017, for a total of 18 200 $.

The situation would be now in order, according to the owner, Joseph Berthile, but The Newspaper has not been able to confirm that the trade had now a valid permit.

Doubtful cleanliness

The cleanliness of the trade was also questionable, according to the reports of the inspectors. They have given a total of 4500 $ of fines to the grocery store haitian for the state filthy of its premises.

“There was on the ceramic walls of this snack an accumulation of grime and black covering the tiles and the joints close to the floor,” they noted.

Different foods, including chicken and lettuce, were also stored on food debris or grime greyish a shelf.

Regarding the unsanitary conditions, Mr. Berthile stated that major renovations had taken place in his trade.

“We redid the walls. […] We had a water problem, but it was all arranged “, he explained. However, it has not been possible to verify on-site.

►It is necessary to wait several months after an offence for a judge to hear the case and make its award. The details of these judgments have been obtained as the result of a request for access to information.

Excerpts from the report

“A ladle perforated, which was used to fry the pieces of pork in the hot oil [was] largely covered by accumulation burned” – A reviewer

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