Kazakh Officials Detain Fake Food Products

Department of Justice officials in the city Shymkent, southern Kazakhstan, recently detained over 5,000 packs of baking powder infringing the Polish Cykoria® trademark and 8,000 packs of powdered milk infringing the Korean Frima® trademark.

The counterfeits, estimated to be worth approximately EUR 34,000 (USD 40,000), were detained during the inspection of a manufacturing warehouse in the city of Shymkent, and will be destroyed. This case was initiated when the right holders detected the counterfeits on the local market and reported it to the Department of Justice.

Prepared by: Diliya Chanysheva

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Sources: inbusiness.kz and 24.kz news portals