01.11.2024 12:40
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry continues to periodically update the list of foods that have been adulterated and could pose a risk to health. The ministry has made new additions to the disclosure list. Food coloring was found in red pepper flakes, poultry meat was detected in raw Adana kebab and minced meat, and stones were found in the filling of minced meat pastries, while heart was identified in the filling of pide.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry continues to reveal companies that endanger public health by committing food fraud one by one. The ministry has updated the list of foods that have been counterfeited and may pose a health risk. Recent findings included products such as olive oil, sumac, kebab, butter, oregano, and red pepper flakes that contain health-threatening and counterfeit substances.
WHAT HAVE THEY DONE
Food coloring was found in sumac, foreign substances in oregano, offal (heart) in pide filling, poultry meat in minced beef, offal (gizzard) in minced pastry filling, poultry meat in raw Adana kebab, and food coloring in red pepper flakes. With the latest update, many products were added to the list, and the producers were also disclosed.
4 CITIES STOOD OUT
It was observed that Antalya, Aydın, Gaziantep, and Elazığ were predominantly featured in the list of food fraudsters published on "guvenilirgida.tarimorman.gov.tr".
THEY FED CITIZENS HORSE AND DONKEY MEAT
In previous lists, the most commonly fraudulently altered products included red meat, olive oil, lahmacun, and beef meatballs. It was noted that horse and donkey meat were mixed with red meat, gizzard was found in lahmacun, chicken meat in beef meatballs, and seed oils in olive oil.
The list of counterfeit foods and companies is as follows: