Two businessmen, a manager and 19 employees lodged a court appeal against a ruling finding them guilty of involvement in altering validity dates on expired food products.
In the original Lower Criminal Court proceedings, two food distribution companies, owned by the businessmen, had stood trial as an ‘artificial person’ alongside the 22 suspects.
Now, the accused have appealed at the High Criminal Appeals Court, and all but one appeared in the court.
Judges will issue a verdict on August 20.
Last month, one of the owners was sentenced to three years in prison and fined BD100,000, while his brother, the other owner, was only fined BD101,000.
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