Muçollari's denunciation: AKU has hidden notifications about expired mozzarella and egg white with salmonella

2024-08-01 10:27:00, Politikë CNA

Muçollari's denunciation: AKU has hidden notifications about expired

Grigels Muçollari

The member of the PD leadership, Grigels Muçollari, denounced on Thursday that the AKU has hidden the notifications from Italy about expired mozzarella and egg white containing salmonella.

"The first case is related to a product with egg white. The alert comes from the neighboring country for salmonella content. The notification came on May 29. We have this other case, which is related to a quantity of mozzarella that entered from Italy. Yes, Italy announces the risk of expiration, as there could be a mistake with the dates. The alert came with the date of May 21," he said.

Full statement:

This government agency here, the NFA, has the legal obligation, the funds and the staff to protect citizens, to provide food security.

We have continuously shown that this agency does not do its duty, does not provide food security, does not protect citizens.

This failure has serious, dramatic consequences on people's health and lives.

After the denunciation with concrete stories about dangerous products on the market, AKU finally reacted, but essentially confirming our concern.

AKU admitted that cookies with metal fragments and tomatoes with high levels of pesticides entered in February of this year, but it, that is, AKU simply did not find them.

The government agency itself claimed that it did not fulfill its duty.

Today we will present two more documents, two more cases, when Italy has warned about the danger of these products that have entered our markets.

The first case concerns a product with egg white. The alert comes from the neighboring country for salmonella content. The announcement came on May 29.

AKU should have reacted immediately, made efficient communication with the public, citizens should be aware and not buy.

AKU has not fulfilled its duty. There is a half-hearted announcement on her site, in June. Why did AKU not make the announcement immediately after the Italian authorities announced it?

We have this other case, which is related to a quantity of mozzarella that came in from Italy. Yes, Italy announces the risk of expiration, as there could be an error with the dates. The alert came on May 21.

AKU has not fulfilled its duty again. It reacted the next month, on its website, probably after the product was sold.

Why does AKU not react immediately after receiving the signal?

Why not mass public awareness?

Why not seize the product immediately?

Why give time to the merchants to sell the dangerous goods?

Is this a deliberate delay related to benefits?/ CNA