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08/24/2016
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MP Action which collected 3.5 tons of improper food, freak out effects now in other establishments through the monitoring
Who went shopping in recent days, did not find more cheese and sliced mortadella on the counter, ready to take home. Since supermarkets and butcher shops Venancio Aires were the subject of an action of the Public Ministry, there are about 10 days, establishments have received and look for new directions and one of the main rules is to slice and pack the cold in front of the customer. However, what appears to be new, as stated in the Federal Health Legislation since 1977 .
As the Attorney General of Venancio Aires Prefecture, Gisele Spies Chitolina, although there is this legislation, the Health Surveillance was being flexible. 'We recognize that matters in a very large cost to the merchant, mainly by having to leave an employee almost exclusively for this service, "he explains.
The prosecutor explained that even with this benefit, the supervisory body has always sought to look after the expiration dates, checked the storage conditions. 'He charged the minimum, it came to have the labels on the packaging and be keeping refrigerated', says.
From the task force performed by the prosecution, it was decided to pass preventive guidelines for other supermarkets on the importance of spending following the 'scratch' the Federal Law. Therefore stresses, consumers are noticing a difference in the purchase and cold meats. The law provides that you need slicing and packaging the product in front of the customer. Already seasoned meat can not be sold, only those that came from industries this way or those establishments that have the number of Municipal Inspection Service (S.I.M).
LABELLING COMPLETE
What is not packed in the customer's presence must have a full labeling, as reported in the Board Resolution (RDC) 259 2002 from the National Health Surveillance Agency. The packaging must contain basic information about the product, in addition to nutritional information on food allergies and the presence or absence of gluten.
As Health Surveillance coordinator in the city, Vera Fagundes, is the consumer's right to know the origin of the products. 'Establishments need to seek information and be in accordance with the law', he says. Vera assured that the agency never stopped monitoring '. We continue to do the same visits'
More information can be obtained from the Health Surveillance, by the Department of Health of the building or by phone 3793-1054.
It LAW
Slice the cold in front of the customer
No seasoning meats and available at the counter
Meats on trays can not be marketed in self-service
All packages need to bring nutritional information and validity
All that comes from industry or have registration authorized by the Municipal Inspection Service can be tempered
In the markets, queue when buying cold
Anyone who goes to the supermarket at the time of 'peak' is finding queue when buying cold. After all, the cold must be sliced and packaged in front of the consumer. For merchants, this measure is causing 'headache'.
For the consumer Zarth Patricia, 25 years, this measure is very interesting. 'Thus we can see the source of the product, "he says.
As the manager of a supermarket, Vera Krug, Sanitary Surveillance paid a visit to pass on the information and request adjustments in small things. According to her, the orientation was geared mainly to self-service. 'Slicing it is becoming almost impossible before our sales volume. The customer is leaving underserved due to this measure, and be generating queues and complaints of consumers' recognizes.
On the cold, Vera points out that when they are vacuum packed the value is higher. 'When fatiamos, we pass on to consumers at a lower price, "he says. Who also has this view is the butcher, Júlio César da Rosa, who realizes that the queues have increased since the need to slice cold in front of the customer.
According to the official of a butcher's municipality, Virgílio de Mendonça Marques, the prohibition of sale of seasoned meat is generating consumer complaints. 'If it is a product that is able, do not have why not spice. I think only that has to be correct, be cold at the right temperature, would not have problem in season ', he says.
Source: Mate Leaf
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