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Turkey imposes 186.5 million lira in food fines after nationwide inspections

From Sabah · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News Official statement Outcome reported
  • Turkish authorities conducted 100,128 inspections of food businesses nationwide from Aug. 1 to 31.
  • Officials imposed 186.5 million lira in fines on businesses with violations and filed criminal complaints against 49 businesses.
  • Agriculture and Forestry Minister İbrahim Yumaklı said inspections would continue to protect access to safe food.

Turkey carried out 100,128 inspections of food businesses nationwide between Aug. 1 and Aug. 31, Agriculture and Forestry Minister İbrahim Yumaklı said.

The inspections resulted in 186.5 million Turkish lira in fines for businesses where violations were found. Authorities also filed criminal complaints against 49 businesses.

Yumaklı said the inspections would continue without interruption to ensure that citizens could access reliable food. He said the government would protect honest businesses while maintaining its campaign against those who adulterate food.

While protecting the rights of our honest tradespeople who do their jobs properly, our determined fight against those who adulterate our citizens’ food will continue.

· İbrahim YumaklıThe agriculture and forestry minister said enforcement would target food businesses found violating rules.
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Originally published by Sabah in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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