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14 December 2018A school canteen out of 3 shows irregularities and out of 224 canteens inspected in Italy seven have been closed due to the serious hygienic-structural situation detected. These are the first results of the monitoring monitoring carried out by the Nas carabinieri since the beginning of this school year.

Financial penalties were disbursed for over 576 thousand euros and seized over 2 tons of food. Expired food, serious lack of hygiene, even mice and various parasites: a horror film - declares the Minister of Health, Giulia Grillo - As a mother and a minister, it annoys me to think that on the tables of our children, at school, they can finish excrement, molds or foods of dubious origin. Today, those who work in canteens know very well that there are clear rules to follow and all possible means to guarantee traceability, hygiene and correct food preservation. For this reason we cannot allow the indifference of those who stipulate very precise contracts and then it is clever or worse. Even more so when the health of the smallest and most vulnerable is at stake: children '.

Of the 81 illegal canteens, 14 criminal violations were contested, 95 administrative infringements of national and EU regulations with the referral of 15 persons to the competent Judicial Authorities in addition to the reporting of 67 subjects to the Administrative Authorities, as well as the imposition of financial penalties for over 576 thousand EUR.

During the inspections, the Nas Carabinieri integrated the checks with the collection of information on the type of menus prepared in relation to the possible nutritional needs connected to situations of food intolerances and ethnic needs represented by the families of school-goers. In this regard, the inspectors also focused on the correct application of the recent obligation (since last May) to indicate to users the presence of allergens in the dishes, verifying a general adherence to the provisions by the catering companies.

The protection of health in favor of the most vulnerable and sensitive sections of the population has always been a priority objective in the institutional activities carried out by the Carabinieri dei Nas, assuming particular social value especially for children and adolescents.