Pork Found in Beef Sausage in Turkey: Ministry Names Six Products

Turkey's Agriculture and Forestry Ministry has uncovered pork in a product sold as beef sausage during nationwide food safety inspections. Laboratory analysis of samples taken from Etçiler Et ve Et Mamülleri Hayvancılık İnşaat Turizm Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi, based in Serdivan, Sakarya, confirmed the presence of pork in its Hacı Kemal brand beef sausage.

The ministry has added the company and product to its updated public list of adulterated and counterfeit foods. A legal process has been launched against the business following the discovery.

The updated list contains six sausage products in total. Besides the Hacı Kemal case, pork was also found in two other sausage products: Beyarslan Beef Sausage Dough and Namlı Et Tanzim Heat-Treated Beef Sausage.

Two chicken sausage products were found to contain mechanically separated chicken meat. These were Karahisar Osmanlı Heat-Treated Chicken Sausage and Köseoğlu Butcher Sausages from Sungurlu district in Çorum.

One additional product on the list was found to contain offal. The ministry said inspections aim to verify label accuracy and protect consumers from misleading food content.

The ministry stated that its food inspections will continue to ensure consumers have access to reliable products. Products found non-compliant with regulations are published on the ministry's official list.