The Agency intends to check suppliers, intermediaries and retail chains.
The Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation announced an inspection – checks the sugar supply chain.
According to the agency in its Telegram channel, one of the reasons for the empty shelves in Russian stores was the excessive demand for sugar, which was demonstrated by the population.
On the other hand, as the FAS clarifies, such demand is artificially supported by selling organizations, including unscrupulous manufacturers, intermediaries and retail chains.
It is these three categories of the food chain that the agency intends to check in the near future.
The inspection of sugar producers was previously announced by the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation.
She said that she was aware of attempts to artificially raise prices for a popular product.
At the same time, as the newspaper reports.ru”, some sugar growers demanded that intermediaries make purchases in foreign currency (dollars), but the calculations themselves should be carried out in rubles, according to the current exchange rate.
As Topnews wrote earlier, Russians arrange fights in queues for sugar. Some incidents are captured on video and posted online.