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OCT. NOV. 2018 XII is fresh, if it is opaque it is 2-3 days old, if it is dark it is fish that has been thawed. Once this has been ascertained, we generally call the veterinary service which carries out the standard sampling procedures required by law, which in my case have always confirmed what has been ascertained with the technique described above. Another fraud is that of the irregular balance: you can distort the weighing by 15% by earning the trader substantial annual figures. For example, a food expert who sells sliced meats without fixing the tare or with an irregular balance, calculating an average of 100 daily customers, can earn 7-8000 euros a year without selling anything. A pastry chef even more. How can we accurately protect the consumer? In my municipality we carry out regular monthly checks in every business activity. The trader is thus obliged to comply with the rules. The control is not an end in itself, but often the trader is informed about new laws that have come into force that affect him. In practice, he has a professional update at no cost and, at the same time, the incentive to always do things in order. Are you also trying to protect products that identify the work of our country? In short, what is seriously damaging to the image of a specific Italian product? Two or three years ago we had to deal with bread and charcoal pizza. This unhealthy food fashion was also gaining ground in Horeca stores. I have to say that I immediately cut it off by telling the traders the amount of the sanctions they would face. The problem of charcoal used in baking is a serious problem that literally puts the health of consumers at risk. By its nature, charcoal is used in medicine for poisoning, because it hides the toxic substances ingested from the body. A person who eats charcoal bread or pizza, who may be using life-saving drugs, runs the risk that the latter will no longer have an effect on his body because of the charcoal ingested. It’s a real danger that everyone ignores. Not to mention the origin of the charcoal. In Italy there is only one factory that cannot cover the needs of our pharmaceutical industries. On the Internet, you can find Chinese wholesalers who candidly declare that their product comes from hydrocarbons. It is up to the reader to draw conclusions. ______________________________ BOX BOOKS FOR THE SAKE OF CLARITY Piero Nuciari has written seven books on the subject to ensure that all the information he knows does not disappear into oblivion. And he points out: “If a municipality wanted to start now to carry out food inspections, without someone able to prepare the agents and a reference text, it would have a very difficult time because some information has not been available on the Internet for years. Among his books, the only one in Italy that deals with the subject in a comprehensive manner is “All the inspections in commercial premises”. ______________________________ ______________________________ BOX WHO ARE THE N.A.S.? The Nucleo Antisofisticazioni e Sanità dell’Arma , has been operating since 1962 and since then has grown so much that today it has 1,096 specialized units. At European level, it is one of the few police forces that is both an inspection body and an administrative body. The objective of the activity is the protection of health. ______________________________ BOX THE FOOD INSPECTION POLICE The Municipal Traffic Police has jurisdiction only within the territory of the municipality to which they belong, while the NAS carry out their inspections on a national level. ______________________________ BOX AN EXAMPLE NOT TO BE FOLLOWED Bars/restaurants that keep pastry products without protective cases or pastries filled with custard at room temperature expose their customers to potential diseases, some of which even cause kidney failure (staphylococcal enterotoxin infections, Escherichia Coli O157, etc.). The objective of the activity is the protection of health. ______________________________ BOX THE CASE OF CANNAVACCIUOLO COMMERCIAL FRAUD In the N.A.S. sights. Last year, the Bistrot in Turin, named after chef Antonino Cannavacciuolo, also finished. The restaurant of the famous starred chef was sanctioned for several irregularities: the menus lacked the indication of frozen foods and the ingredients delivered to the kitchen were not traceable. A fine of 1,500 euros, a charge without arrest for his wife, Cinzia Primatesta, and one for the restaurant director Giuseppe Savoia. Fipe (Federazione Italiana Pubblici Esercizi - Italian Federation of Public Businesses) came to the aid of the chef. “Holding a professional to account for a supposed missing asterisk is really a bit too much, to do so during the Christmas period also appears instrumented”, said Vice President Giancarlo Deidda. “The inspections and penalties for restaurateurs who defraud or unfair are sacrosanct. But Cannavacciuolo’s is not an impropriety but only a MAGAZINE