A grocery retailer and butcher store in Montreal’s Saint-Laurent borough is going through greater than $14,000 in meals security fines after Quebec’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ) printed three new judgments in opposition to the enterprise this month.
Marché À Tunis, situated at 2277A Boulevard Marcel-Laurin, was hit with a complete of $14,500 in fines by the Montreal municipal court on February 17, 2026, with infractions relationship again so far as September 2023.
Probably the most severe violation is a $10,000 nice for working whereas beneath a allow suspension or cancellation, one of many steeper penalties out there beneath Quebec meals security regulation, the place fines for that infraction can vary from $10,000 to $100,000. That violation was recorded on September 29, 2023, that means it took over two years for the judgment to return down.
The remaining two violations stem from an August 7, 2024, inspection and embrace a $3,200 nice for unclean premises, tools, and utensils utilized in meals preparation, storage, and repair, and a $1,300 nice for failing to maintain perishable merchandise refrigerated at or under 4°C.
MAPAQ violations
Working beneath allow suspension or cancellation
- Advantageous: $10,000
- Infraction date: September 29, 2023 (judgment February 17, 2026)
Unclean premises and tools
- Advantageous: $3,200
- Infraction date: August 7, 2024 (judgment February 17, 2026)
Improper chilly meals temperatures
- Advantageous: $1,300
- Infraction date: August 7, 2024 (judgment February 17, 2026)
Whole fines: $14,500
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MAPAQ notes that when a meals enterprise stays open, corrective actions have been taken and follow-up inspections are carried out to make sure compliance. Institutions are solely closed when there’s a direct threat to public well being. These fines replicate circumstances on the time of the inspections and never essentially the present state of the placement.
For the total MAPAQ database of fines and infractions, go to mapaq.gouv.qc.ca/condamnations.