Multiple inspections at 23 food stores in Gràcia detect 242 infringements
Conducted at various supermarkets, grocery stores and greengrocers in the Vila de Gràcia neighbourhood on 29 October, the operation also saw eleven establishments temporarily closed down for the manipulation of electricity installations or the existence of infestations.
Imatge de recurs d'una agent de la Guàrdia Urbana de Barcelona
These macro inspections are coordinated operations with as many municipal and extramunicipal inspectors as possible, with a 360-degree perspective to bring irregularities to light. Recent years have seen them conducted in Ciutat Vella, L’Eixample, Sants-Montjuïc, Gràcia, Nou Barris and Sant Martí.
In this case, a hundred officers took part between the City Police, the National Police, inspectors and staff from the District of Gràcia, the City Council’s Directorate of Inspection Services, the Barcelona Public Health Agency, the Catalan government’s Directorate General for Work Inspections, the Municipal Tax Institute, the Barcelona Department of Waste Management, the National Tax Administration Agency and Endesa.
In all, the following infringements were detected:
- 99 linked to licences.
- 23 linked to public health.
- 5 linked to public space.
- 52 linked to urban landscape.
- 23 linked to waste treatment.
- 10 linked to labour regulations and social security.
- 15 linked to municipal taxes (Municipal Tax Institute).
