(ANSA) - ROME, DECEMBER 23 - Industrial panettone passed off as artisanal, sweets and fish products without traceability of origin or badly preserved and in some cases serious hygienic deficiencies, which led to the immediate closure of pastry shops and fishmongers where cockroaches, cockroaches and even, as in the kitchen of a bar in the province of Pisa, a dead mouse.
In view of the holidays, the Nas, in agreement with the Ministry of Health, have intensified controls in companies operating in the production and commercial sector of traditional confectionery products and the fish supply chain: 882 have been inspected and in 229, equal to 26%, irregularities have been found .
7 and a half tons of sweets seized, including 1.
775 panettone and pandoro, partly sold as artisanal products, when instead they were industrially produced and fraudulently repackaged, partly without labeling and traceability.
Thirty-seven managers were fined for commercial fraud and possession of panettone without indications on the actual origin, while another 231 were charged with violations due to hygienic-sanitary deficiencies in the raw materials and pastry laboratories.
16 measures were also issued for the closure or suspension of production and sales activities.
The checks also concerned the fish supply chain and led to the seizure of 2.3 tons of fish, due to the lack of traceability of origin and irregularities in the methods of conservation of the catch.
7 wholesalers and fishmongers suspended for hygienic and structural deficiencies.