Much attention, consumers! The b that is becoming more popular this summer is back in the news but this time because of the possibility that there is listeria in cheap hams. This is how it was published this past Tuesday 10 the newspaper El Economista, after having had access to a report from the laboratory Alchemy. This is a reference in quality controls within the food industry and has warned that they are finding cases in their analyzes. Specifically, the notice falls on the legs that are around suspiciously low prices, reaching up to 25 euros. The expert biologist Milagros Vazquez He has already spoken about this subject that puts the magnifying glass on the ham bargains.
Why is there listeria in cheap hams?
«We must avoid the consumption of cheap hams, nobody sells hard for pesetas. Although the controls are very high, the consumer should know that it is impossible to sell at certain prices«, Warns Vazquez. She is the general director of the laboratory Alchemy, integrated in the AGQ Labs group, which has been analyzing these products that are marketed at a bargain price. About this matter we already published just two days ago another fraud more than is eaten with ham. With the focus on meat Coma, especially. Therefore, the notice not to buy brands with doubtful origin of the raw material is well given.
However, the issue now moves to the listeria in cheap hamsas there may be problems behind the outbreak discovered in Sevilla. "The health authorities are doing a great job, but it is true that companies have been detected that put up for sale suspicious products", it states Vazquez. But why really? This is explained by the expert licensed by the UC:
“If a ham is defrosted, the consumer should know it because if he does not know it and consumption is delayed, lengthening the life of the product, multiple germs can appear. Both aerobic and anaerobic microorganisms develop very quickly, including clostridium botulinum or listeria »
And it is that, according to always information from The Economist, on February 18, the analysis of a leg sold in a large area gave positive. Specifically, in "high levels of mesophilic anaerobes and listeria monocytogenes", also appreciating "imbalances in the healing process and large areas of bacterial decomposition". These symptoms reveal that listeria in cheap hams can be derived by freeze and thaw the product, which becomes unfit for consumption. His price thrown It is due to the fact that "sanitary hygiene regulations are not complied with", these companies skipping "all the barriers" that they must pass to be in good condition.
