Maxi seizure of Nas across the country.
The military withdrew 10 tons of sweets from the market , including 1,775 fake homemade panettone , and more than 2 tons of fish .
There were 882 companies inspected and they all operate in the production and commercial sector of traditional confectionery products and the fish supply chain. The investigations, extended to the phases of production, distribution and retail sale both at an artisanal and industrial level, revealed irregularities in 229 structures .
Confiscated confectionery products were sold as artisanal products when instead they were industrially made and repackaged, without labeling and traceability. 37 managers were fined for commercial fraud and possession of panettone without indications of the origin of the products, while another 231 were charged with violations of hygienic-sanitary deficiencies in the raw materials and pastry laboratories . 16 manufacturing and sales businesses also closed.
In the control of the fish products chain, on the other hand, 7 were suspended, including wholesalers and fishmongers, due to hygienic deficiencies and the lack of traceability of the products .
(Unioneonline/vf)
