Spanish national police arrested a Leganées entrepreneur, a city in the Madrid agglomeration, accused of having distributed decay meat and to have tried to improve its appearance using chemicals such as sulfites and bleach.
The meat was distributed in several regions of the country : In Castille-et-León, Estremadure and Murcia.
The businessman also hadEncounted to foreign workers in an irregular situation, to whom he imposed days of work going up to 26 hours continuous for very low wages, which he sometimes did not even pay.
He is prosecuted for four crimes: against public health, against workers’ rights, electricity fraud and public finances.
The smell of decaying meat was “perceptible from the outside”
The investigation, according to 3/24was opened following a complaint from the Spanish Labor and Social Security Inspectorate, concerning the working conditions in which employees worked.
On the day of the arrest, the nacional police and the health service of the Madrid community searched the business and discovered a large amount of damaged meat in the cold rooms. “The foul odor was noticeable from the outside”, write our colleagues. The agents found the businessman hidden inside the premises and arrested him.
The warehouse was closed and the Spanish Food Security and Nutrition Agency (AESAN) has been alerted.
A tyrannical boss
The company was not allowed to handle only pork, but all kinds of meats have been discovered in its facilities, including chicken. Consequently, the places and companies where the frelated products could have been distributed are the subject of a survey.
Police also discovered that The boss had ordered his employees to hide if they detected a presence of the police. He had asked them to escape by the roof, via a scale located in a room. In addition, he threatened them if they protested against their working conditions.
