A SERVICE station in Burnside, Bulawayo, has been dragged to court for selling petrol that does not meet required standards.
Sydney Singende (31), who was representing Flo Burnside Service Station, pleaded guilty when he appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Nomagugu Maphosa on Monday this week.
The service station was fined US$400 to be paid by August 30.
The court was told that on July 9, Tinotenda Machingura, an inspector with the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority was on duty checking fuel quality.
Machingura went to Flo Burnside Service Station, where he took samples from an unleaded petrol pump managed by Singende.
The court heard that laboratory tests were conducted and the unleaded petrol failed to meet minimum requirements as per ZWS 753 standard as it contained 23% ethanol when it should not have any.
Singende was arrested and the tank that contained the unleaded petrol in question was sealed.
The tank contained 5 307,5 litres of petrol.
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