Expired Powdered Milk Repackaged with False Expiration Dates in Illegal Factory in São Paulo

Civil Police in São João da Boa Vista, São Paulo, Brazil, have uncovered a clandestine factory involved in repackaging and altering the expiration dates of expired powdered milk. During a raid on a property in the Jardim Bela Vista neighborhood on Monday, September 13th, officers discovered the illegal operation. A man was arrested at the scene and will face charges for falsifying and adulterating food products. The investigation is a continuation of a previous operation on June 23rd, which led to the arrest of a businessman suspected of altering expiration dates on food supplements, whey protein, and powdered milk. Investigators found that the group had moved its illegal activities to a new location. At the raided site, three employees were caught dividing and bagging the expired powdered milk. The scheme involved removing the expired product, which had passed its expiration date in May of the current year, from large industrial packaging. This milk was then placed into new packaging bearing a different brand's label. Using an electronic device, the perpetrators printed new batch numbers and artificially extended the expiration dates to July 2027. Authorities seized the date-reprinting machine and hundreds of empty packaging materials from various brands. Technical experts collected food samples, and the Municipal Health Surveillance agency shut down and sealed the premises. According to Delegate Jorge Mazzi, both phases of the investigation indicate an organized scheme that jeopardized public health by providing misleading information about the origin, composition, and expiration dates of the falsified food products.