Agents from the Citizen Assistance Office (OAC) of the General Police Station of the Usera district of the Madrid Municipal Police intervened around 300 kilos of products in poor condition in a supermarket located in the Madrid district of Useraamong which thousands of snails and black chicken meat in poor condition were found, as well as other illegal specials for sale due to their origin or size, informed Europe Press a spokesperson for the local body.
During the inspection, carried out on October 7 at 11 a.m. in a premises located at 7, Nicolás Sánchez Street, the agents discovered an alarming quantity of food. unfit for human consumptionsome of which represent a serious health risk.
The most worrying discovery concerns 22,000 specimens of a type of snail known as Cipango paludina chinensis, commonly known as “Chinese mystery snail”. This species transmits parasites dangerous to human health. These molluscs were found in polystyrene boxes, covered in mud, many of them dead, and without any type of health treatment, a fact that the supermarket manager justified by saying that “in China, we consume it like this”.
The manager of the establishment presented a purchase invoice dated September 3 for a marine species called ‘Nassarius mutabilis’, which did not correspond to the freshwater species called ‘Cipango paludina chinensis’. In other words, they imported the genre from a country outside the EU. clandestinely, by violating customs controls, The newspaper details today ABC.
Additionally, agents discovered that the establishment was selling anchovies of only 1 and 2 centimeters, well below the established legal minimum of 9 centimeters for sale. These products They lacked any type of labeling in Spanish, with descriptions in Chinese characters, which made identification and health control difficult.
The police also found several thawed and repackaged products in the butchery section. freeze without respecting the cold chain. Among these, bags containing squid and cuttlefish in poor condition were found, as well as meat from black chickens which still had their feathers and heads, without any traceability label.
During the inspection, they found more irregularities in product handling. At the fish store, officers identified a unit of clove fish, a species in danger of extinction and the sale of which is completely prohibited. Although the fish was not found at the time of inspection, the labeling suggested its recent presence on the shelves.
Among other articles, they also highlighted frozen chickens with black plumage and large quantities of dried squid, all without labeling or with incomprehensible inscriptions. Finally, more than 276 kilos of products were seized and sealed to be destroyed by the corresponding health services.
