Ahmed Al-Sawas, a member of the Craft Association for the Dairy and Cheese Industry, confirmed that the milk and cheese sold via mobile cars in regime-controlled areas are “adulterated and not suitable for human consumption,” so they are sold at 100% less than market prices.
Al-Sawas said that these products are manufactured in “irregular workshops” and in homes located in irregular areas and not subject to ration and health control, given that they are manufactured in unknown places and far from the sight of the supply.
In turn, the head of the Consumer Protection Association in Damascus and its countryside, Maher al-Azaat, pointed out that some citizens are sometimes forced to buy milk and cheese from street vendors at prices much lower than the market, as a result of their inability to buy it at the current price, according to the pro-government al-Watan newspaper.
Al-Azaat pointed out that cases of fraud in the dairy and cheese industry are not only present in mobile cars and stalls in Damascus and its countryside, but also in a large percentage of the shops that manufacture these products, withdrawing animal fat and replacing it with vegetable fat.
