March 16, 2010
ICA merchants could face multi-million kronor fines
Published: 14 Feb 08 18:57 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/9988/20080214/
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Public prosecutors in Sweden are calling for ICA supermarket owners to be slapped with heavy fines following a food hygiene scandal late year.
- ICA meat cheat scandal resurfaces (8 Jan 08)
- ICA tops satisfaction survey (10 Dec 07)
- ICA beats meat retreat (7 Dec 07)
"I think the first indictment will be in March, and then I'll take the other stores step by step," Sörlien told news agency TT.
The owner of ICA's Nacka store will be first to face charges, followed by merchants from the chain's Botkyrka, Haninge and Södertälje outlets.
While breaches of food safety regulations generally carry relatively small fines, Solveig Sörlien is preparing to produce a more powerful weapon from her armoury: She argues that the merchants should be required to pay so-called company fines.
A company fine can range from 5,000 to 10 million kronor.
"I want to know the extent of this and what the profits have been like before using this information to calculate the company fine," said Sörlien.
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