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CAIRO, March 27 (Reuters) - Four employees in Egypt's main wheat importing body have been referred to trial on charges including mismanagement of funds, state-run newspaper Al-Ahram reported on Thursday.

Al-Ahram did not name the staff, but said they were senior members of the legal affairs department at the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), which handles state purchases of wheat for the world's largest importer of the commodity.

The reported move is the latest legal action against staff from GASC and the state-run silos and storage company.

Although corruption along the supply chain for an inefficient subsidised bread system that costs the state billions per year has long been well-known, prosecution of GASC employees suggests trouble in the wheat sector may not be limited to bread.

Prosecutor Ali Rizk of the Administrative Prosecution Authority ordered their trial after reviewing a report that found the accused "did not perform their work accurately" and did not properly manage funds.

The accused are also being investigated on other charges including failing to appeal a large fine levied against GASC after being given the chance to do so, according to Al-Ahram.

Judicial sources were not immediately available for comment.

Former Supplies Minister Mohamed Abu Shadi last month referred an official at the main wheat importing body to prosecutors on suspicion of corruption and sacked the head of its silos and storage company. ID:nL6N0LR0EG

New Minister Khaled Hanafi told Reuters on Wednesday that his predecessor "did not mention corruption" when Hanafi inquired about the shake-ups.

But Hanafi said there were "legal issues" with the board of the silos and storage company which members of his staff were examining before further personnel decisions were made. ($1 = 6.9676 Egyptian Pounds)

(Reporting By Maggie Fick in Cairo and Sarah McFarlane in London; Editing by Stephen Powell)

((maggie.fick@thomsonreuters.com)(+20 120 640 2000))

Keywords: EGYPT WHEAT/GASC