Madrid Health. Inspections for the official control of food in food establishments

The inspection actions carried out by the City of Madrid for the official control of food in food establishments, aim to guarantee and improve food safety in the city and compliance with food legislation. Inspection actions can be scheduled and unscheduled. The first are carried out according to the different action programs approved by the City of Madrid on an annual basis. Inspections are carried out, in a coordinated manner, by the inspection services of the 21 Districts and Madrid Health. The establishments inspected correspond both to the retail trade of food (fisheries, butchers, sale of birds, eggs and game, bakeries, pastry shops, fruit shops, ice cream and ice cream and horchat kiosks, supermarkets, hypermarkets, prepared dishes, herbalists and other activities), as well as those of collective catering (bars, restaurants, etc., school canteens, care centres for seniors and business canteens).