Pesaro, 27 April 2024 – Investigation Trevalli Cooperlat. I am nine suspects who the prosecutor believes are involved in commercial fraud and in the adulteration of milk with the use of sodium hydroxide to reduce its acidity. It’s about Nicolas Capomasiproduction worker, Francesco Cavernilaboratory technician of Amap (Marche Agriculture and Fisheries Agency), public body for certification, Gianluigi Draghipresident of the board of directors of Fattorie Marchigiane, Samuele Girolomoni, production worker, Frediano Luconicoordinator of production sites, Roberto Mannalaboratory manager, Giuseppe Nucci, external business consultant, Bernardo Pittalis, production manager e Diego Zanchetti, responsible for entering the management systems and sampling the milk. The guarantee information made them aware of the accusation against them for the crimes of product adulteration and commercial fraud. All this following the maxi-search last Monday at the Fattorie Marchigiane factory in Colli al Metauro.
To carry it out, they were busy over 50 Nas carabinieri of Ancona, inspectors from the Ministry, consultants Arpam and Ast. Large rooms of the company were searched where large quantities of caustic soda and hydrogen peroxide probably used to correct the acidity of spoiled milk.
The laboratory and storage rooms were also thoroughly searched, samples were taken and the document seizure also concerned relations with the parent company Trevalli Cooperlat. The maxi-operation started from a labor lawsuit presented by former employees in reaction to their dismissal: “mobbed because we didn’t want to carry out certain practices to adulterate the milk – a former employee told Resto del Carlino -. In describing our work to the inspectorate, the story of caustic soda and how it was routinely used for production came to light.”
For its part, Trevalli Cooperlat defends the company’s actions and, in particular, the product quality which are still found on supermarket shelves and for which no withdrawal from the market has been ordered. “The checks of the products placed on the market did not reveal any anomalies.” This is what we read in a note released by the group’s parent company.
Moreover, this aspect is also being studied by the investigators given that, according to them, adulterant substances cannot be found easily because they tend to “metabolize” to the point that the chemical would not appear. No setbacks, therefore, on the product marketing front. Confirmed, for example, as stated on the company website, is the presence of Trevalli Cooperlat al Cibus of Parma from 7 to 10 May. It is a fair specialized in the promotion of Made in Italy food supply chains, territories and excellent products.
