The Unified Food Control Agency (APPEAL) issued on its official website advice on what to pay attention to when shopping ahead of Easter.
EFET is intensifying the controls carried out on the food market during the Easter period in order to protect the health and interests of consumers from undermining practices, mainly for the meat market. In particular, EFET advises:
Do not buy lamb carcasses (lambs and goats) which do not bear the prescribed seals because they did not undergo the necessary veterinary-sanitary control and were probably slaughtered in places not controlled by the Veterinary Services and under unsanitary conditions. For all domestically produced lamb carcasses, the seal of approval is turquoise’ ('bright blue', pigment E 133) and is oval or round in shape, where the approval number of the slaughterhouse is indicated. The country of origin should be written on a rectangular parallelogram stamp, 'THEY’ ή 'THE'. For lamb carcasses originating from Community countries the seal of suitability is turquoise’ ('bright blue', pigment E 133) or red (pigment E 129, red Aliura) and is oval or round in shape, where the approval number of the slaughterhouse is indicated. A rectangular parallelogram stamp should contain the initials of the name of the Community country of origin, For the carcasses of amnoerifis imported from third countries, Greek or not slaughter, all stamps must be in 'brown', (coloring E155) i.e. the stamp of suitability (oval or round) and a stamp of a rectangular parallelogram inside which is also written the name of the third country, Each carcass must be stamped on both shoulder blades and on both outer sides of the thighs. Consumers should be aware that carcasses which do not bear any seals, or bear stamps other than those prescribed, are bound by the competent control authorities. Το κρέας από το αρνάκι γάλακτος έχει ροζ χρώμα, τα κόκαλα του είναι λεπτά και το λίπος του άσπρο. Continue at source ...