Re-introducing expired products into the supply chain continues to be a major trend, according to findings from an operation targeting counterfeit and poor-quality food and beverages.
Operation Opson XIV, coordinated
Spanish and Portuguese authorities have taken action to stop the introduction of potentially contaminated clams to the food service industry.
Eleven people have been arrested. They are suspected of having
A woman is under investigation in Spain for poisoning several people during the past five years.
Victims attended the same bar in Zaidín, Huesca, and were chosen at random, according
A probe into counterfeit oils has led to 11 arrests and the seizure of more than 260,000 liters of olive oil.
Europol supported the spin-off food fraud investigation as
More details have emerged about national operations concentrating on sunflower oil and alcohol as part of Operation Opson.
Opson Europe, or Opson XII, was coordinated by Europol between December 2022
More than 450 people have been sickened in a Spanish town after drinking and using contaminated water.
Public health officials in Tarazona, in the province of Zaragoza, reported 452 illnesses
Spanish authorities have seized more than 28 tons of food that they said was not suitable for human consumption.
Items were found in the facilities of companies in the provinces
Spanish authorities have confiscated more than 16 tons of food that they said was unfit for human consumption.
The Guardia Civil and officials from the Aragón region made the discovery
European authorities have uncovered a network that sold potentially dangerous horse meat in at least four countries.
The operation was coordinated by Europol and the Spanish Civil Guard (Guardia Civil)
Almost 27,000 tons of food and 15 million liters of beverages have been seized in operations focused on counterfeit food and drink.
Operation Opson XI was led in Europe
Seven people are set to stand trial as part of Spain’s largest ever Listeria outbreak, which occurred in 2019.
A judge in a court in Seville this week decided
Belgian police have made six arrests as part of a fraud investigation involving horses and other animals.
Police searched eight addresses in Antwerp and Namur and four men between the
