Overview
- The inquiry began after a neighbor reported finding suspicious fragments in a morcilla, with a private veterinarian and a municipal specialist indicating the remains appeared to be feline.
- A judicially authorized raid was carried out on January 9 at the shop on Rodrigo Pereyra 1800 in Barrio Ceferino.
- Prosecutor Federico Jovanovics provisionally charged the 52-year-old owner under Article 201 for supplying, distributing, and storing food dangerous to health.
- Municipal inspectors recorded multiple infractions including lack of commercial authorization, missing food-handling permits, poor refrigeration and hygiene, and products of doubtful origin.
- Officials seized queso de cerdo, chorizo, butifarra, and morcilla, took three samples of each for bromatological analysis, and requested forfeiture of the seized items while results are pending.