Public Health estimates that are to be removed over 2,000 tons of goods in poor condition and the work can last several weeks
The study Info implement new legal measures to compensate for damage caused by neglect of the material
The Director General of Public Health and Addictions, Manuel Molina Boix, today attended the offices of the company Falcon Foods in Campos del Río to oversee the start of the cleanup, after finding the poor condition of the goods stored in these facilities and meet the applicable permits, once Service technicians Food Safety and Zoonoses determined immobilize and seize the goods.
This morning they started cleaning work through a management entrusted to Tragsa company, specialized in this type of work, to carry out the seizure and destruction of goods.
The head of Public Health specified that "the cleanup may last several weeks, because you have to remove 2,000 tons of goods in poor condition, and in conditions with major technical difficulties," adding that "some 20 people, with teams of five trucks, will participate in the cleaning tasks. "
For Molina, this is "a very complex job, but it was necessary to start as soon as the risk to public health is obvious if not acted, as has been done, thanks to the work of all parties involved" and thanked "the effort of the last few days to reach a quick solution to this situation."
Legal measures to compensate for damage
Meanwhile, the Institute of Development of the Region of Murcia (Info) ask responsibilities to the company by the lack of maintenance of the products.
The director of Info, Javier Celdrán, said that "the owner who always has had a legal obligation to keep the boat in good condition, and has since urged INFO so be it by all possible means".
The judicial process open the info already has against the owner, "study new legal measures to compensate for damage caused."
The info has cooperated at all times with the Department of Public Health and Addictions and the administrator of the company, "giving priority to the request of Health because it is a public health problem."
It has also held meetings with the city of Campos del Río to report full transparency of the situation with the company.
Source: CARM