As is already known, the National Institute for the Defense of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property (Indecopi) imposed a precautionary measure and ordered the cessation and marketing of the following products: panetón with raisins and candied fruits Bell’s, in its presentation of 850 grams; Marbled bimbolets Bimbo; and Cheese Tris Frito Lay, because they would contain trans fats in an amount greater than that established by current regulations, Supreme Decree 033-2016-SA.
Will Cheese Tris continue to be marketed within Piqueo Snax?
Before such request, Peruvian Supermarkets already offered its response to the entity. Now it is the turn of Snack América Latina S.R.L., which through a statement indicates that its product will be commercialized on a regular basis Piqueo Snax due to the fact that it complies with all the labeling and production parameters established by the competent authorities, as well as with favorable results of the analyzes carried out by Indecopi itself, which confirm that said product it does not have trans fats.
In another part of the statement, the company indicates that will continue to carry out complementary studies on their Cheese Tris product to assure your consumers that they do not contain trans fats.
What was the decision taken by Indecopi that punishes Snacks América Latina SRL?
The decision taken by majority vote ordered the providers Panificadora Bimbo del Peru Anonymous society, Orindale Properties Perú S.A.C., Supermercados Peruanos SA. and Snacks América Latina S.R.L. communicate the observed products to all its distributors and / or marketers, including those who make online sales.
In addition, companies are ordered to, within a maximum period of thirty business days, counted from the day after notification of the resolution, comply with removing all units of the product observed that they have been placed on the market through its different distribution and / or marketing channels.
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