In freezer the carabinieri found two of the bar frozen nutria alongside other foods, some of which have expired. Even for the men of the Arma, the surprise was great because it is the first time they are found in a freezer two rodents with a total weight of over seven kilos, needless to say perfectly preserved. The check started two days ago, probably due to a tip, at the Baraka bar in San Brizio a marmirolo. The carabinieri of the Antisophistication core together with colleagues from the local station, they went without fail. In a freezer, among various other untraceable foods, two carcasses of otters have sprung up, perfectly preserved. Given that rodents can not be intended for human consumption, as required by the ministry's circulars, eight seizures were placed together with the remaining products: thirty kilos of food now considered infected and contaminated that must be disposed of.
The owner of the bar, a 42-year-old Italian, was reported for trading in harmful food substances. In addition to the complaint, an administrative fine of € 4.500 was issued for non-compliance with current legislation. The carabinieri requested the suspension of the commercial activity that was issued yesterday morning by the Ats Valpadana. But the controls don't stop there. The Nas carabinieri are carrying out a series of investigations in the hospitals of our province to check if, in recent times, there have been hospitalizations linked to the ingestion of meat from the large rodent.
The owner of the bar does not absolutely agree on the measure taken e denounced the Marmirolo carabinieri for defamation in the offices of the provincial command of the Arma in via Chiassi in Mantua. They claim that the otters were not mixed with other foods but were stored in a separate compartment of the freezer. «I was wrong - he says - to do a favor to a hunter who carries out its full-blown business and who asked us to keep them. The other foods seized concern frozen bread and three-day expired meat ». The suspension of the activity has already been decided and with it a series of prescriptions which the barista will have to respect if he wants to reopen (Source: Journal of Mantua).