No poisonous weed detected in the 152 boxes of spinach seized at Caan, the Agro-food Centre of Napoli, following the case of people allegedly poisoned by ingesting mandrake.
The work was carried out by a task force, composed of inspectors and managers from the Campania Region and ASL Napoli 3 Sud, who examined the batches of spinach seized. "From the careful visual and tactile examination of the contents of the pallets withdrawn from the market as a precaution, the experts - communicates the Caan of Volla - did not find any presence of mandrake or other inedible vegetables". A
now we are waiting for the results of the laboratory tests that will be carried out on some samples of leaves taken by the inspectors. “We are confident that the judicial and health authorities will go to the bottom to clarify exactly how things went – comments the president of the Caan Carmine Giordano -.
For our part, we continue our 360-degree collaboration, taking care not to demonize a sector of strategic importance for the Campania economy, already put under pressure by indiscriminate increases in oil and energy prices".
Article published on 11 October 2022 - 15:10
