Police seize 2 tonnes of Easter 'dove' cakes, chocolate eggs. Carabinieri police health protection unit (NAS) found irregularities in 38% of inspections.
In total NAS carried out more than 840 inspections of production facilities and shops selling Easter eggs and the left cakes shaped like a dove and coated in icing and whole almonds. 6 shop owners were reported to the judicial authorities and 15 orders of closure or suspension of activities were issued, with an estimated economic value of over 5 million euros.