Overview
- The case began on December 28 when a customer reported suspicious fragments inside a morcilla purchased in Barrio Ceferino.
- Two veterinarians gave preliminary opinions that the remains were feline, prompting action by Fiscalía Penal 5.
- On January 9, a court-authorized search was carried out at the shop on Rodrigo Pereyra 1800, and the 52-year-old owner was provisionally charged under Penal Code Article 201.
- Municipal Bromatología found food in poor condition without adequate refrigeration and issued infraction notices for multiple sanitary and licensing violations.
- Authorities seized four product types and took three samples of each—queso de cerdo, chorizo, chorizo tipo butifarra, and morcilla—for analysis, with results pending to guide criminal and administrative steps.