Fourteen tons of irregular foods , for a commercial value of about 327 thousand euros and 23 production and commercial companies , whose economic value amounts to over 7 million euros, subject to closure or suspension.
This is the result of the control campaign throughout Italy by the Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Health and the Ministry of Health, following cases of listeria intoxication linked to the consumption of raw or reduced cooking foods, such as frankfurters .
Inspected 1,095 food processing and transformation companies most exposed to contamination by the bacterium listeria (such as sausages, short-aged sausages and similar products), dairy products with limited maturation, as well as delicatessens with fresh fillings (starting from sandwiches and sandwiches) , packaged in a controlled atmosphere for supply to large-scale retail trade and vending machines management companies.
Irregularities were found in 335 structures (equal to approximately 30% of the audited targets), with 310 sector operators reported to the judicial and health authorities , 541 criminal and administrative violations contested , for a value of over 365 thousand euros.
Among the criticalities found was the use of expired raw materials and in a bad state of conservation and, with particular frequency, the failure to apply the preventive procedures of self-control and traceability of food, essential elements to identify and contain possible cases of intoxication caused from the consumption of harmful or dangerous foods.
(Unioneonline / vl)
