The Public Security Police (PSP) carried out, on September 2, a joint inspection operation at two restaurant and bar establishments at the Alegro Sintra Shopping Center. The action was conducted by the Police Inspection Brigade of the Sintra Police Division, in coordination with the Department of Public Health and Animal Welfare of Sintra, the Public Health Unit of Amadora/Sintra, the Sintra Municipal Police, the Tax and Customs Authority, and the Sintra Municipal Civil Protection Service.
In one of the inspected establishments, the inspection revealed serious hygiene-sanitary and technical-functional irregularities with an impact on food safety. Situations such as non-compliance with the HACCP system, lack of adequate pest control measures, deficiencies in food product storage, lack of hygiene, and absence of products for the personal hygiene of food handlers were detected. Approximately 102 kilograms of food products were seized due to lack of traceability and inadequate conservation conditions.
Given the severity of the situations, the Health Authority ordered the immediate suspension of the establishment's activity. The space will only be able to resume operations after the correction of all anomalies and upon express authorization from the Health Authority. The PSP will prepare a Police Report to be sent to the Public Prosecutor's Office, warning that non-compliance with this determination may constitute a crime of disobedience.
In the second establishment, administrative offenses were identified, with the Sintra Municipal Police being responsible for initiating the respective Police Report. The Tax and Customs Authority also detected irregularities related to the issuance of invoices. Failures in self-protection measures were also identified in both spaces, which will be included in reports from the Sintra Municipal Civil Protection Service.
