Health and safety inspectors have seized more than six tons of meat believed to be unfit for human consumption in a western Athens packaging plant and traced shipments to a series of restaurants, authorities said Tuesday.
The Greater Athens regional authority said the crackdown started from a plant in the suburb of Ilion. Inspectors found that the company lacked the necessary operating permits and approval from food safety authorities, while just over six tons of meat found on the premises had no legal documentation.
Products from the plant were traced to 20 food outlets across the Greater Athens region, where a further 150 kilograms of meat were confiscated.
