Elmas airport, 65 kilos of cured meats and cheeses seized
The food, coming from non-EU countries, did not carry the mandatory "identity card": potentially harmfulPer restare aggiornato entra nel nostro canale Whatsapp
Over 60 kilos, 65 to be precise, of sausages and cheeses harmful to health were seized by officials of the Excise, Customs and Monopolies Agency, at Elmas airport .
The operators, on duty in the Cagliari-Elmas Territorial Operational Section, found the products inside the personal luggage of non-EU travelers : Kyrgyzstan, Morocco and the United Kingdom, but also the Philippines, Bangladesh and Dominican Republic, the main countries from which they came. .
National and EU health legislation provides that, for products of animal and vegetable origin intended for human consumption, the introduction into the territory of the European Union is allowed only with valid certification issued by the health authority of the country of production .
Since the foods in this case lacked appropriate health certification and the prescribed labeling which actually constitutes a sort of "identity card" of the products, the ADM officials had to order the seizure and then the destruction , because they were potentially harmful to health. of consumers.
(Unioneonline / D)