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The Food and Economic Security Authority (ASAE) has been monitoring in recent days the compliance of masks (including social ones) and disinfectants and alcohol gel, as well as the hygiene of catering establishments. After these inspections, ASAE confiscated about 77,000 masks for lack of compliance.
178 liters of disinfectant material was also seized, the official said in a statement today.
In addition, ASAE also instituted eight criminal cases “for violating industrial property rights, namely the counterfeiting of luxury clothing brands, automobiles, and soccer clubs used in mask manufacturing and 1 case of a crime of speculation.”
“21 administrative offenses were also initiated, highlighting the main offenses, non-compliance with the labeling of personal protective equipment (masks), making biocidal products available on the market without the necessary authorization from the competent authority, lack of technical data on product safety, non-compliance with general and specific hygiene requirements, among others, “says ASAE.
The global value of the seizures is around 200 thousand euros.
The activity of a restaurant establishment was also suspended until the restoration of hygiene and food safety conditions, says the authority.
“ASAE, as the Criminal Police Corps and the Market Surveillance Authority, will remain vigilant in the market by taking actions to verify compliance with regulations related to the exercise of economic activities and, in the current context, the incidence of Inspection will necessarily continue to be intensified in matters related to the situation inherent in the COVID-19 pandemic, “he concludes.
Portugal registers 1,175 deaths related to covid-19 today, 12 more than on Tuesday and 28,132 infected, another 219, according to the epidemiological bulletin published today by the General Directorate of Health.
Compared to Tuesday’s data, which recorded 1,163 deaths, there was an increase in deaths of 1.03% today.
Regarding the number of confirmed cases of infection with the new coronavirus (28,132), data from the General Directorate of Health (DGS) show that there are 219 more cases than on Tuesday (27,913), representing an increase of 0.8%.
The northern region has the highest number of deaths (667), followed by the Lisbon region and the Tagus Valley (257), the center (221), the Algarve (14), the Azores (15) and the Alentejo, which records a case, brings forward the report on the epidemiological situation, with updated data until 24:00 on Tuesday, keeping the Autonomous Region of Madeira without registering deaths.
