The Food Safety and Economic Authority (ASAE) seized 324,000 liters of red wine and liqueur under the operation “Sweet Cepa”, during the past two weeks.
The approximate value of the product seized in the operation, which focused on the circuit of production and marketing of wine is around 66,000 euros, reads a statement.
The action was triggered surveillance by the National Information Unit and Criminal Investigation in various local Portuguese, after having verified that the operator of an establishment of food and beverage in Sines put wine designated as “muscatel type” in five-liter bottles and reusing bottles true trademarks serve them directly to the final consumer.
At the operation it was found that the wine was from a Arruda producer of wines and was marketed and billed as “semi-sweet wine” for a storer of Alcacer do Sal, the document said.
The wines still had abnormal characteristics licorice and were thus classified as damaged food and lack of requirements, having been instituted criminal proceedings for production, possession and sale of wine products and abnormal fraud on commodities.
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