Agents from the Usera district police station of the Madrid Municipal Police seized last November 100 kilograms of fish and 22 kilograms of Chinese crabs, both species prohibited for sale in Spain, in various premises and vehicles in the district, the Local Body in a statement.
Last November, the agents launched the so-called Operation Nemo by locating a restaurant with an aquarium exposed to the public in which products with cloudy water and dirty windows were offered,
unaware if it could present a danger for consumption .
human.
In this operation,
a total of 14 inspections
have been carried out , two to food stores, five to restaurants, three to vehicles that were dedicated to the transport of perishable products and
four to supermarkets or prepared food establishments
.
In total,
374 food products have been seized, including some 100 kilograms of fish of illegal origin
(Sander Lucioperca) and some 22 kilograms of Chinese crabs (Eriocheir Sinensis), both species are in the international catalog of invasive species,
their being prohibited marketing and consumption.
They have also seized
721 sanitary and body cleaning products.
In addition to everything intervened, the acting municipal police officers have sent the corresponding reports to the technicians of the Municipal Board and the corresponding complaints for multiple sanitary irregularities.
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