The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Natural Environment has immobilized a batch of 5,400 eggs coming from the mainland after detecting a possible fraud in the weight and calibration of this product.
The action was carried out during a routine inspection at an agri-food distributor in Mallorca, where the technicians found that the product "did not meet the weight characteristics indicated on the labeling," as the Department has pointed out in an information note.
The control found that 16.9 percent of the eggs analyzed had a weight below the minimum required for the declared commercial category, a percentage far higher than the 5 percent maximum tolerance permitted by European regulations. Due to this non-compliance, the batch of 5,400 eggs has been held back for not meeting the marketing conditions set out in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2465.
This intervention is part of the ordinary agri-food quality controls, which include the supervision of products that arrive from outside the Balearic Islands to ensure that they comply with the current marketing rules.
From the Department, they emphasize that "irregularities in the calibration of eggs can cause economic harm to consumers and generate situations of unfair competition among operators in the agri-food sector."
The regional department also recalls that violating the applicable regulations can result in administrative penalties. In this case, the facts detected could be considered a serious infringement, punishable by fines ranging from 3,001 to 60,000 euros, in accordance with current legislation.