More than one in three shops selling alcohol to minors when youth organization Juvente conducted its annual test.
A total of 902 stores across the country checked last fall. 331 of them sold alcohol to Juvente transmitted.
– The numbers do not surprise. This is approximately the same result as last year, only slightly worse. Now it is time that health and Human Services Bent Høie take action, says Maria Elizabet Aspen, head of the organization.
Viewing young out
The young people are between 13 and 16 years old. There is always a control officer over 18 years present when the test is done.
– You will be shocked at how young some of them look like. It’s part of the point. We will not submit people right before they turn 18. We would like to uncover sales that is nonsense, says Aspen said.
It is the eighth consecutive year that the organization has carried out the test. According Aspen saw a tightening of procedures in the early years, but the trend has reversed in the negative direction.
Stores that violate the law, should lose its license for three weeks at the initial transgression and three months if it repeats itself, believes youth organization.
– We believe that the sale of alcohol to minors is a serious offense that the license should be revoked immediately. There are hardly other venues in the community where they say they are satisfied with that 37 percent violate the law, says Aspen.
– Hard to lose its license
She points out that the level of sanction and control activities varies from municipality to municipality. Juvente wish that requirements to municipalities on more frequent and better controls.
– In reality it is difficult to lose the license. Many places emitted a control person who observes the store to see if it is sold to minors. Maybe it happens only once a year for an hour, perhaps midday. And it shall be demonstrated to uncover illegal sales, says Aspen.
In addition to grocery stores, have youth organization also checked Vinmonopolet. It is the chain that does best – as in all previous years. At last year’s control tried test people 38 times to buy alcohol, and did purchase three of the cases.
– This is good and is obviously no coincidence when they have the superior best results every year. Vinmonopolet’re constantly improving its procedures on age control and this shows up in the results. There are plenty of grocery chains that have a lot to learn from Vinmonopolet when it comes to asking for credentials even though they year thus sold in some cases, says Aspen.
Lying and wonder not
Juvente stressed that the inspectors did not lie about their ages or using a fake ID when stores are tested. If youngsters are asked for credentials, they reply: ‘No, I have not. I can get buy anyway? “Do they get a yes, they pay for goods and experiment recorded as” sales “. They get an answer, they leave the store and trying registered as “no sale”.
– We do nothing to manipulate or cheat the stores. The subjects are not trying to come across as older than they are, for example, to have car keys in your hand or buy a pack of diapers at the same time, says Aspen. (© NTB)
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