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Consumer Protection inspectors shutter nine businesses at Bucharest Sun Plaza mall

February 21, 2025

Inspectors at Romania’s Consumer Protection Agency, or ANPC, closed nine economic operators inside the Sun Plaza shopping mall in Bucharest on Thursday, February 20, due to multiple irregularities. The inspection is part of a wider operation targeting malls in the capital city.

Some of the problems highlighted by ANPC include the presence of cockroaches, food products with altered storage conditions, baking trays with massive deposits of burnt food residues, the use of unprofessional...

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