Major frozen fish fraud uncovered in Sevilla

The Guardia Civil has recently intercepted a significant amount of fish products with falsified best-before dates, possibly intended for the Sevilla fair.

This incident occurred recently in a warehouse operated by a local business in Alcala de Guadaira, Sevilla. Employees were caught in the act of changing labels on frozen fish, pushing forward the best-before dates by several years.

During the operation, led by the Guardia Civil’s environmental arm, SEPRONA, more than four and a half tonnes of seafood, including crabs, lobsters, blue whiting, squid, and whitebait, were found.

Inspectors discovered pallets of frozen cod loins, originally marked with a June 2022 expiry, that had been relabelled to indicate they were good until 2026. This led to a thorough search of the premises, unveiling multiple products with similarly tampered expiration dates.