The Southern Regional Unit of the Food and Economic Security Authority (ASAE) dismantled two clandestine animal slaughter sites in the municipalities of Silves, Portimão and Batalha (Centre).
Following this operation, ASAE also detained three people, as well as making seizures with an estimated value of around 4.350 euros.
In a statement, that Authority adds that, in those places, the animals were slaughtered, roasted and sold, and then sent for consumption in restaurants during the festive season, without «being subject to any health inspection to screen for any diseases».
ASAE instituted three criminal proceedings for clandestine slaughter, which constitutes a crime against public health.
It also seized 47 piglets, a kid and a lamb, as well as metal utensils and packaging used for packaging and transporting the roasted piglets, «disguising their origin and misleading the consumer».
ASAE also detained three people and ordered the total suspension of activities "unlicensed and without minimum conditions" for its operation.
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