Cárnicas Sierra Nevada, the company for whose products a health alert for listeria monocytogenes was launched on October 24, had an order to cease operations since July issued by the Board. In fact, the Iberians infected by this bacteria that were marketed in Seville, Granada, Córdoba, Málaga and the Balearic Islands, were part of batches that had been immobilized after the Health inspections carried out at the firm’s facilities concluded that the center It did not meet all the conditions to avoid this.
This was explained by the deputy director of Health Protection of the General Directorate of Public Health, Ulises Ameyugo, information that has caused a stir among consumers represented by Facua. The organization has described as “serious irresponsibility” that the Board concealed the order to cease the activity of the company, based in the Granada town of Cájar, and that it has put commercial interests before the rights of consumers.
So far, according to the Minister of Health, Catalina García, no one affected by the ingestion of contaminated products has had to complain, since she has emphasized that the region, due to its “great experience” in listeria , has reinforced surveillance systems to avoid outbreaks.
Cárnicas Sierra Nevada did not meet the minimum requirements required by the Board to continue its activity, and had not done so since June, when a Health inspection detected that there was a presence of listeria in its products. In July, its activity was ordered to cease and several batches of Iberians were immobilized, but all to no avail. The company, which was still subject to inspections and analysis, sold its products, generating a health alert that has affected several Andalusian provinces and the Balearic Islands.
Now, Facua, based on the latest information regarding non-compliance with the standards established for the sector, requests that heavy fines be imposed on Cárnicas Sierra Nevada for having produced and marketed unsafe food, with the aggravating factor of having done so despite having it. forbidden.
On the other hand, the federation has interpreted that the Board has given priority to the interests of a company that flagrantly violated consumer rights and has criticized its opacity. For Facua, transparency and information to citizens must be vital in these cases to prevent them from purchasing foods that are dangerous to their health when they are unaware that the company that produces them does so despite an order to cease activity.
