Two years ago, the Catalan government tightened inspections of slaughterhouses in accordance with a new European regulation, which expands the number of animal species for human consumption that must be inspected. In order to ensure maximum hygiene from the beginning of the process, these facilities must check for the presence of bacteria such as Salmonella and Campylobacter at the time of slaughter, and in addition, the Department of Health also carries out controls to verify compliance with the new regulations. However, in a document to which ARA has had access, Health states that "the operators' self-controls do not reflect the real prevalence" of these bacteria and recognizes that there is a widespread lack of detection that, in some cases, is even "notable."