Creamed off

The ensaimadas were intercepted after the Ensaimada regulatory council of Mallorca filed a complaint with the government food inspection body, suspecting that an unknown company was preparing and freezing the product outside the islands and later transporting and selling it on the islands as fresh.

The ensaimadas were brought to the Balearic Islands frozen, something that contradicted their labelling, edly, so you never know!” which stated they were fresh. Both at Ibiza and Mallorca airports, cream ensaimadas were found with an eight­month shelf life, which could pose a health risk.

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Following the complaint by the regulatory council, a series of inspections were carried out. The first took place at Palma airport on Monday, July 10, when 34 plain ensaimadas and 21 cream ensaimadas were intercepted. At Ibiza airport, the inspection took place on Thursday, July 20 and 328 plain ensaimadas and 135 angel hair ensaimadas were seized.