Kohima, Oct. 4 (EMN): After being caught selling expired juice on October 2, the ‘proprietors and management’ of Popular Bakery – one of the most reputed bakeries in Kohima – on Thursday expressed regret and apologised for the ‘mistake.’
The administrator of Kohima Municipal Council, Kovi Meyase had caught the bakery located at PR Hill in Kohima selling expired Lychee and Nata De Coco juice on October 2. Meyase told Eastern Mirror that he had detected the bakery selling juice passed the expiration date when he went to buy some foodstuff.
On Thursday the bakery’s management issued a statement saying, “we, like other retailers, keep some products from companies which are willing to take back unsold goods.” However, it stated, due to negligence on the part of the manager, “a young 12-day-old illiterate employee” ended up adding old stock which should have been disposed to the shop shelf from the storage area.
Asserting that the bakery does not sell expired goods intentionally, the management apologised to the KMC administrator, government authorities, and its ‘valued customers.’ In the past 12 years since the ownership of the bakery was changed, this was the first of such mistake, it stated.
The bakery has assured to take all precautions to ensure similar mistakes are not repeated.
