The National Supply Company (Conab) started on Monday (10), in some states of the Northeast, Central-West and South regions, with closure expected on the 21st, the seventh stage of inspection of public stocks of products stored by the state itself and by companies contracted by the federal government.
More than 79,000 tons of products such as rice, corn, wheat, sacarias, packaging and various products benefited or manufactured that are used by the Company will be inspected to attend governmental programs in periods scarcity or to regularize the market. The largest volume is corn and rice.
The employees who carry out the Company’s inspection activity will visit around 54 storage units in the states of Bahia, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and the Federal District. They will check the ideal conditions of storage and the volume of products placed under the responsibility of the storers.
Among the most common situations encountered in Conab inspections are storage losses, which may occur not only by diversion, but mainly due to the natural wear of the product, up to a percentage established and accepted by the Company.
In the case of deviations, the fact is brought to the attention of the Federal Police, Federal Public Ministry, Federal Revenue and State Treasury Secretariat. In the case of losses in third-party warehouses, inspectors pass on to Conab’s storage area to take other measures, such as fines.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.