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05/11/2016
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Procon-RJ
The State Procon Carrefour fined for selling chocolate in own brand of powder weighing well below advertised on the package. A consumer of the product took the problem to the 4th Civil Court of the Judicial District of São Gonçalo. The Office of Weights and Measures (Ipem) conducted an expertise in packaging made by the consumer and confirmed the problem. The body weighed two of chocolate packaging, which tells on its label the net weight of 400g. In both it was found that the quantity of the product coming within the package was not even half the advertised. In one of them had 104,85g and other 170,05g.
Article 30 of the Consumer Protection Code (CDC) states that the supplier of the product or service is required to comply with all the information it conveys. The same CDC, Article 37 prohibits any false or misleading advertising.
Carrefour has 15 working days from the notification to present his defense. If the deadline is not met or the arguments are not accepted by the Legal Sector State Procon, the company will be fined. The value can reach the region of R$ 9 million.
Source: Procon-RJ
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