Thiès: Destruction of a record stock of non-compliant goods worth 26 million FCFA

The Thiès Regional Trade Service destroyed a record stockpile of 48,306 kg of goods seized in just six months, with an estimated value of 26 million FCFA. These goods, consisting of foodstuffs, counterfeit insecticides, and various non-food items, were removed from the market as part of ongoing market control operations.

According to Khadim Ndiaye, head of the Thiès Regional Trade Service, this shipment includes 42 tons of food products, notably beverages, biscuits, pasta, milk, mustard, and peas. In addition, there are 5,306 kg of counterfeit insecticides and one ton of miscellaneous products, including cosmetics (body lotions, deodorants), hardware (paints, dyes, incandescent light bulbs), and pharmaceuticals.

According to the head of the Regional Trade Service, this operation demonstrates the successful execution of the consumer protection mission entrusted to the trade administration. He reiterated that quality control allows the relevant services to remove any food or non-food product exhibiting irregularities from distribution channels.

Presiding over the ceremony, the deputy governor of Thiès, Ababacar Sadikh Niang, praised the collaboration of consumer associations and economic operators in the fight against the marketing of non-compliant products.

He also called on the public to be vigilant, urging them to report any practices aimed at introducing food or non-food products onto the market that are unfit for consumption, prohibited or irregularly traded.

This large-scale destruction thus brings back to the forefront the issue of consumer safety and the control of products offered for sale in the markets of the Thiès region.