Debate about ice creams with ethylene oxide at 'Ekonomia', head of KLSH: There is a criminal report for the case, it has not been published

The Committee for Economy and Finance is involved in the debates after the denunciation by the head of KLSH, Arben Shehu, about the ice creams contaminated with ethylene oxide.

The chairman of the commission Eduart Shalsi asked the head of KLSH about the ice creams with ethylene oxide and said that the audited case has not been reported. Ko was opposed by Shehu who said that the case has been reported, a criminal complaint has been filed, but it has not been published.

THE DEBATE:

Shalsi: Yesterday, after your statement, we received many disturbing messages from citizens about the contaminated ice creams, for which the AKU immediately took the appropriate actions and removed them from the market after being alerted. I am asking you directly, what prompted you in 2024 to bring up the issue of 2021, which you did not raise in the reports of previous years?

Shalsi: A bomb was dropped yesterday, Shashka, call it what you want. This commission is familiar with something. Fake or true, I don't know. The carcinogenic effects of a substance in ice cream, which was not reported in 2022 or in 2023 by KLSH, were explained to this commission. People were alerted about this issue yesterday. We have a responsibility to face the facts on this matter.

Shehu: The stability of the institution and institutions is important. It is a situation and not a case, I have assessed it and we have given it the appropriate assessment as a whole and we have treated it to connect it with logic as needed, not the punishment of an individual or a group of individuals.

Spaho: You don't like his answer, you are pressuring him.

Shalsi: So, two questions, Speaker, it's up to you.

Shehu: Not only I personally but also my colleagues feel bad when we are faced with such a responsibility, we do not intend to charge or look at any Albanian citizen, not only the institution but also the human being, we have dealt with the situation of Oncology, it has received the importance it has taken.

Shalsi: Why in 2024 instead of 2021, ice cream?

Head of KLSH: It was addressed due to the importance of emergency needs for tumor diseases related to this product. We have ascertained all our recommendations, everyone from the institution is not only aware but should take the measures. If you appreciate it, but the specific case is reflected, not only in the institution, but in the process that the law allows us.

Shalsi: There are some issues and yesterday, whether you want to admit it or not, panic has spread and people are alarmed. It is not our intention at all. I and some of my colleagues would not allow any kind of attitude to the institutions.

Shehu: The report in question that you treated as a lack of information was made available in 2022, the ice cream. The goal is prevention as much as possible, the case has a criminal report, we have not made it public because of our assessment.

Shalsi: After the audit report, did you file a criminal complaint? And if you did.

Shehu: It was done in connection with two other institutions. We are not an investigative body, but an auditor.

Mziu: Mr. Speaker, we are not in the cafe. You would be good for the theater, you have become like the teenagers with the phone.