A business owner has been sentenced to three years in jail and fined BD101,000 after the Sixth Lower Criminal Court convicted him and two employees of commercial fraud involving relabelled expired food. The two workers were ordered to be deported permanently once they have served their sentences. The court found the defendants guilty of possessing spoiled, out-of-date food products and selling and marketing them after expiry dates were altered, alongside a charge of operating without a licence. Punishments The second defendant was jailed for two years and fined BD10, while the third defendant received a one-year prison term. The court also ordered the business to be shut for six months, and ruled that the spoiled and adulterated goods be seized and destroyed, along with the materials and tools used. It further ordered the publication of a summary of the ruling at the defendants’ expense. The case began with a complaint to the Public Prosecution from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. Inspection The ministry said its judicial officers, during an inspection at a commercial establishment, found expired food items and signs that the original expiry dates had been removed and replaced with dates that did not match the true shelf […]