Evaluation of Judicial Seizures Violates of Meat, Fish and Their Products in Ismailia Governorate Markets | ||
| Suez Canal Veterinary Medical Journal. SCVMJ | ||
| Article 81, Volume 30, Issue 1, June 2025, Pages 87-96 | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/scvmj.2025.422127 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Sarah A. M. Nafee; Hosny Abdellatief Abdelrahman* | ||
| Department of Food Hygiene, Safety and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study was conducted to evaluate the judicial authority and hygiene of food inspection committees in the field of public health control over different food items during 2023. A total of 69317.7 kg of meat, poultry, fish, and their products that violate food laws were seized, with a total of 197 violation reports. From which 2037.5 kg of food items with 74 violation reports were fit for human consumption but put under the disposal of the prosecution due to either unknown source, lacking validity periods, and/or the absence of product specifications. Meanwhile, 67,280.2 kg of food items with 123 violation reports were judged unfit for human consumption due to expired validity dates or apparent spoilage. The condemnation of seized items for unfit food items was carried out by a committee designated by the public prosecutor to dispose of these items in a cooker belonging to one of the companies or in a public waste dump. Meanwhile, allowances for the sale of the fit, seized food items are permitted to be sold with the highest market price, and the proceeds are sent to the court's treasury. There are a lot of weak points in judicial seizure which lead to losing the case due to the loss of one of its element, which leads to the escape of the cheater responsible for fraudulent of meat, Poultry, fish and their products This study was conducted to evaluate the judicial authority and hygiene of food inspection committees in the field of public health control over different food items during 2023. A total of 69317.7 kg of meat, poultry, fish, and their products were seized that violate food laws with a total of 197 violation reports. From which 2037.5 kg of food items with 74 violation reports were fit for human consumption but put under the disposal of the prosecution due to either unknown source, lacking validity periods, and/or the absence of product specifications. Meanwhile, 67,280.2 kg of food items with 123 violation reports were judged unfit for human consumption due to expired validity dates or apparent spoilage. The condemnation of seized items for unfit food items was carried out by a committee, which was designated by the public prosecutor, to dispose of these items in a cooker belonging to one of the companies or in a public waste dump. Meanwhile, allowances for the sale of the fit, seized food items are permitted to be sold with the highest market price, and the proceeds are sent to the court's treasury. There are a lot of weak points in judicial seizure that lead to losing the case due to the loss of one of its elements, which leads to the escape of the cheater responsible for the fraudulent sale of meat, poultry, fish, and their products. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Violation reports of fraud food; violates of Meat; ES 2005; Meat products validity | ||
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