Sweeping were the checks performed by the audit services during the Easter festive season on the market of their food.
According to data from the Ministry of Rural Development and Food, a total of 7,958 checks were carried out during this year’s Easter period, increased by 92% compared to 4,140 checks of 2024.
“The controls focused on ensuring the quality and safety of food, as well as the preventing misleading phenomena, with particular emphasis on” Greekization “of products of agricultural origin,” said the Athenian -Macedonian News Agency.
A key, in all this effort, was the role of the working group that had been set up at the initiative of the Minister of Rural Development and Food, Costas Tsiaras, and is responsible for the daily coordination of controls throughout the range of the supply chain.
Its main mission was the coordination of the authorities involved, to enhance interdisciplinary cooperation and to ensure the cover of all critical points of entry and handling products at national level.
“The task of the working group was to coordinate the controls for the production and distribution of safe and quality foods as well as the deterrence of” Greeks “during Easter,” said the same officials of the Ministry of Education.
It is noted that through this team, intensive and targeted controls were organized and implemented at key markets, such as the Central Market Renti, the Varvakian market and the entry points of animal capital in the country to avoid distortions in the market.
The competent audit authorities who participated in the Working Group during the Easter Audit were the Directorate -General for Veterinary Medicine, EFET, ELGO DIMITRA, DIFTRA (YPAN), SDOE Attica and Macedonia (Ministry of Finance), Financial Police, Hellenic Police (AADE), Customs (AADE) but also the Directorate -General for Food (DPAT & 8 PKPPPS & FE, DATTA of the Ministry of Education) etc.)
The elements
According to official data from the Ministry of Rural Development and Food, the number of last Easter violations of the last Easter period was increased by 218%.
Specifically, last Easter, the control mechanisms found 547 violations when 172 was found in 2024.
Almost three times the seizures of meat, prepared meat and eggs in 2025. More specifically, this year the seizures amounted to 7,203 kg and involved meat, meat preparations, carcasses, offal, intestines, minced meat and more. but also 54,630 pieces of eggs. In 2024 2,657 kg of meat and prepared meat and 5,829 pieces of eggs were seized.
On meat, meat preparations, etc. In 2025 they reached 11,917 pounds when in 2024 it was only 15 kg, as opposed to eggs, where no piece was pledged this year compared to 1,402 last year.
Finally, one issue that burns Greek breeders is the “Greekizations” of lambs and goats.
According to data from the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning, 1,298 lamb carcasses from Romania were found, totaling 17,886kg which had been “baptized” as Greek.
Source: RES-EIA