The GNR confiscated 800 kilograms of Japanese shellfish and identified the 22-year-old man in Alcochete, Setubal district, the military police said in a statement this Saturday.
According to the GNR, a vehicle was found illegally transporting bivalves during a roadside check on Friday.
As a result of the operation, 800 kilograms of Japanese mollusks, the original name of which is ruditapes phippinarum, were seized, and a 22-year-old man was identified, “with the drawing up of an appropriate protocol on an administrative offense due to the lack of a registration document.” “, read – if in the GNR note.
Police also say that the bivalves “will be destroyed after a sanitary inspection.”
GNR takes this opportunity to remind that “the capture, storage and shipment of this type of bivalve mollusc without cleaning or hygiene control may endanger public health if it is imported for consumption.”
We are talking about possible contamination with toxins.
“A document confirming the origin is necessary to prevent irregular consumption,” he concludes.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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