AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE REPORTED THAT A GROWING NUMBER OF BARS AND RESTAURANTS BREACHES THE STANDARD
Agrarian organizations have warned that a growing number of bars and restaurants do not comply with the rule that prohibits the use of refillable oil cans in their establishments., reason why they request a greater implication of the autonomous communities to detect and prosecute this type of irregularities.
The ban is regulated by the Royal Decree 895/2013 of the government, which went into effect early last year.
The decree obliged to replace the refillable oilers that were made available to customers at the tables and bars of establishments in the hospitality sector, catering and catering, for a labeled container with an inviolable stopper, as long as the product it contains is olive oil, that is to say, extra virgin, virgin or virgin blend with refined.
According to the manager and spokesman for Asaja-Jaén, Luis Carlos Valero, They have detected that the rule has been more violated in coastal areas., "Present those 'oily' bottles to the diner, despite their current price levels, it's a barbarity". This agrarian organization, who already warned this summer of the problem, has asked consumers to demand the complaint form in the premises where they detect the use of ‘cruets’.
"As there are no sanctions, people get used to it ”and the hospitality industry returns to its old practices, The sector manager of COAG has declared, Juan Luis Ávila. The prohibition of refillable oilers in the hospitality industry had great effect at the beginning of the promulgation of the Royal Decree, but, in the last months according to Ávila, regulatory compliance “has relaxed; we are very concerned and we are going to demand that this be corrected ”. He insisted that the use of bottles with a sealed cap and properly labeled does not entail added costs for companies in the Horeca channel.
In the last months, the agrarian organization UPA has also taken various steps before the autonomous communities and, now, already finished the summer and formed the organizational charts of the Councils, They will resume their contacts "so they can do something". "The autonomous communities are neglecting their functions", since they have not established a control plan, The technical manager of UPA oil has denounced, David Erice.
