Pesaro, 7 May 2024 – “An activity is planned process control which could be translated into a suspension of production yet to be defined”. This is what emerges on the horizon of the factory Marche farmsat least according to what the company’s marketing director profiled yesterday evening Three ValleysMilvia Panico.
The Montemaggiore al Metauro company, controlled by the Tre Valli Cooperlat group from Jesi and which employs around 70 people, is involved in theinvestigation conducted by the Pesaro prosecutor’s office with the hypothesis of a crime of fraud in trade and product adulteration.
After an initial search conducted by the NAS of Ancona and by the Inspectors of the Ministry on 22 April, the first results of chemical analyses carried out by the zooprophylactic institute of Perugia and which report a microbial load higher than normal in the samples analyzed. It was completed last Friday a further search and seizure of products and on Saturday it was arranged by the company a recall of three lots of mozzarella products for pizzerias.
Now further developments, according to what the group’s spokeswoman reports, could go ahead in the direction of a stop. But not only that: the Fattorie Marchigiane factory should have presented its products at the Tre Valli stand at the Cibus fair in Parma which starts today and ends next Friday. This is a great reference event for the Made in Italy agri-food sector. Even in this case, however, the company shows caution.
“Initially, Colli Metauro products were also envisaged – continues Milvia Panico –. Instead, out of caution, we will participate only with those from the Amandola plant”. Moreover, even the employees themselves are wondering about any possible next moves waiting for official communications from the company.
Yesterday they intervened in the factory in via Cerbara 5 veterinary service technicians of hygiene of foods of animal origin. “An inspection was carried out for further investigations – explains Claudio Benedetti, head of the Ast veterinary service – regarding food safety and hygiene. The first returns subject to the product recall by customers have already been returned and are available to the judicial authorities.”
The procedure recall which resulted in the publication of the alert on the Ministry of Health website and concerns 3 production batches (L2411300 L2411400 L2411500) expiring on 22, 23 and 24 May 2024. The identification mark of the establishment/manufacturer (IT 11 21 CE) and the company name in which the product is marketed”Fattorie Marchigiana Cons. Coop. Agricultural“.
And there was no shortage of reactions to the declarations of the regional councilor for labor policies and former mayor of Colli al Metauro Alessandro Aguzzi who, in an interview with Pug, defended Fattorie Marchigiane. “I have no doubts about the quality of the people who manage Fattorie Marchigiana. For this reason I don’t believe the accusations”.
The regional councilor Romano Carancini of the Democratic Party assembly group responded with a note. “The regional councilor Aguzzi cannot forget the institutional role he holds and cannot continue to demonstrate completely personal positions and without objective foundation in a matter involving administrative and judicial authorities”.
