Beware of cheap meat sales in Turkey

Published 2024년 10월 12일

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The Chairman of the Turkish Butchers Federation, Osman Yardımcı, has expressed concerns over the sale of meat of unknown origin in trucks, emphasizing that consumers should purchase meat from neighborhood butchers, who ensure the animals have invoices and health reports. Yardımcı warned that businesses should avoid purchasing cheap meat to cut costs and urged butchers to report any suspicious activities.

Ali Manavoğlu, Chairman of the Antalya Branch of the Chamber of Food Engineers, highlighted the health risks associated with the consumption of meat from animals slaughtered, preserved, and processed without adhering to hygiene rules. He warned that under-the-counter meat products could potentially harbor harmful microorganisms like salmonella, escherichia coli, listeria, and campylobacter, posing a serious health threat, especially to individuals with low immunity.
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The Chairman of the Turkish Butchers Federation, Osman Yardımcı, said, “In every province, there are those who try to sell meat in trucks called ‘mediators’. They try to sell beef, veal, and meat of unknown origin in trucks. They sell the meat cheaply in the back of trucks, while driving around. When the meat of single-toed animals was detected in some meat products after the inspections of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the consumer’s concern about accessing reliable red meat increased. The Chairman of the Turkish Butchers Federation, Osman Yardımcı, stated that citizens can easily buy meat from neighborhood butchers that are regularly inspected. Explaining that butchers do not buy meat from animals without an invoice or health report, Yardımcı emphasized that places that sell meat and minced meat cheaply should be suspicious. ‘PLACES SELLING CHEAP MEAT SHOULD BE SUSPICIOUS’ Explaining that the live kilogram price of large cattle is around 250 liras, Yardımcı said, ...
Source: Sondakika

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