The discount chain Zol VeGadol is appealing to the Jerusalem District Court against a Health Ministry administrative closure order for two branches that sold 'Frinook' chicken products containing sedatives. The appeal follows a local court's Friday rejection of the chain's request to reopen the branches.
Zol VeGadol has appealed to the Jerusalem District Court against the Health Ministry's administrative closure order for its two branches on Jaffa Road, which sold 'Frinook' chicken products containing sedative drugs. The appeal follows a Friday ruling by the local magistrate's court rejecting the chain's request to temporarily reopen the outlets.
The closure stems from the ongoing 'Prinok' baby food affair, in which laboratory tests confirmed the presence of the sedatives clonazepam and lorazepam in baby fruit puree jars sold at these branches. The affair has since expanded to chicken products marketed under the same brand, the subject of the current closure order.
As The Zioneer previously reported, the Health Ministry issued cease-and-desist orders on June 17, 2026, and expanded a recall on June 18. A separate probe into the sale of expired fruit at the same branches is also under way.
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