The meat sector accounts for more than a thousand of the inspections of food commercial quality, according to the MARM control

The Ministry of environment, and Rural and Marine Affairs has presented the schedule of inspections of commercial food quality control system for the year 2011, referred to in the national official Control of food supply chain Plan 2011-2015. A presentation which coincided with the sectoral Conference on Agriculture and Rural Development, in Madrid on May 9. As well, and according to the schedules submitted by the services of quality Control and protection against fraud of the autonomous communities, were planned 7,686 inspections to be carried out on food operators in origin, both in design and manufacturing and distribution. These actions include measures in the sector of alcoholic beverages, with a total of 2,450 inspections of which 82% will be carried out in wines, whether or not differentiated quality.

Of the total number of inspections which must be, stands out the number of them, 1,387, to be carried out in meat products, while below are edible vegetable oils which 758 controls focused primarily on olive oils will be launched and the dairy sector will be the subject of 689 inspections, 60% on the cheese. In addition, inspections will include documentary checks of authorization, records of corporations and traceability, as well as controls according to general policy, product-specific and nutritional labelling and quality control of products through the taking of samples for analysis of its composition. As it has made known the MARM through a press release with these commercial quality controls will be the objectives of "maximum effectiveness, efficiency, and maximum homogeneity" in its application, taking into account the characteristics of the various autonomous communities.