Contaminated Tagus clams suspected of fraud and impact on public health.

According to JN, a fisherman hired to collect clam samples in the Tagus River to analyze contamination is accused of having deceived the IPMA for years, allowing the harvesting of the bivalve to continue despite the health risks.

The same information indicates that analyzes carried out as part of a criminal investigation detected toxicity, heavy metals and bacteria dangerous to health, including Salmonella and E. coli. The case would have been associated with 348 hospital admissions in Portugal and other European countries.

According to the same information, part of the contaminated clams also entered the market as if it were a clean product from the Sado Estuary, worsening the scale of the case and raising serious doubts about the control mechanisms, traceability and food safety in the bivalve sector.

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