Pork Found in a Famous Sausage Brand's Product.
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The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has updated its list of counterfeit and adulterated food products. Of the 38 new products released to the public, one was found to contain pork and six contained meat from equine or horse meat. The irregularities in products such as beef sausage, minced meat, olive oil, and spices were particularly noteworthy.
Pork was detected in a sausage brand included in the food inspection list updated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has added new products to its list of counterfeit or adulterated foods. The most notable addition was the discovery of pork and horse meat in adulterated sausages. Products such as olive oil, yogurt, butter, kashar cheese, and honey were also included in the list.
As a result of strict inspections carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to ensure food safety, the fraudsters were deciphered one by one; the updated list identified pork in beef sausage, offal in chanterelles, banned dyes in spices and horse-donkey meat in 6 different products.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry maintains food inspections in 81 provinces across Turkey. In the checks carried out in order to ensure that citizens have access to healthy and reliable food, imitated and adulterated products are identified individually and made public. While the Ministry once again updated the list in question, there was once again a scandal of pork, horse and donkey meat in food.
Pork was detected in beef sausage offered for sale at a business in Serdivan district of Sakarya. The incident, which was reflected in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's list dated October 27, 2026, resulted in the destruction of 2.6 tons of sausage, the imposition of an administrative fine on the business, and the closure of its operations.
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