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The Ministry of Agriculture found health problems in eight samples out of a total of 302 analyzed in the 21 refrigerators investigated by the "Operação Carne Fraca" of the Federal Police. According to a representative of the public agency, in samples with problems, the inspection found bacteria such as salmonella and staphylococci, which can cause vomiting, diarrhea and other health problems. According to Reuters, the problems were located in hamburgers from the company Transmeat, of the Paraná state, with seven samples contaminated with salmonella. Staphylococci were also detected in the sausage produced by the Frigosantos fridge, located in Paraná. The two companies will be fined and without the option to resort to judicial disapproval. The other cases detected in other slaughterhouses, such as the use of pork head in sausage and the addition of dirty cardboard in nuggets (case of the chef Jamie Oliver's products sold in Brazil), have not yet been converted into...

Medical Legal Institute in Luziâia: bodies in open caskets generating diseases Decaying bodies are exposed in the courtyard of the unity of the Legal Medical Institute (LMI) in Luziânia, a town near the country capital. Second the director of instituito, there isn't an appropriate room to put them. Local residents complain about the stench that the situation causes. The unity of the LMI in Luziânia serves nine counties. According to servers, the bodies arriving in decomposition cannot be stored in the refrigerator along with other corpses, because should being in a separate room. However, according to the staffs, there's no structure to the bodies in a state of decomposition are stored and also there isn't an area for autopsy. Therefore, they are placed within open caskets or in trucks, which are in the courtyard. The population complains that it is difficult to eat because of the stench.