NAS Carabinieri health police on
Friday said almost half of the ethnic restaurants and deposits
of imported food inspected as part of a nationwide operation had
irregularities including expired products, food that had been
defrosted and then re-frozen, poor hygiene, unreadable labels
and banned imports.
In total, irregularities were found in 242 structures,
investigators said.
In particular, a reported 48% of inspected restaurants,
especially in 'all you can it' venues, did not meet the required
criteria.
Twenty-two activities were closed, 477 law violations
reported and 128 tons of food seized in the operation,
investigators said.
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