Food safety operations in 81 provinces from the Ministry of Internal Affairs

The Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that 61 million liras worth of fake, imitation and adulterated products were seized during food safety operations carried out in 81 provinces, and legal action was taken against 73 suspects.

According to the statement made on the ministry's virtual media account; Within the scope of the operations organized under the coordination of the Central Directorate of Intellectual Property Crimes of the Security Department of the General Directorate of Security and the General Directorate of Food and Control of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, checks and inspections were carried out at 1908 addresses with the participation of a total of 3 thousand 50 personnel.

PROCESSING 73 SUSPECTS

In inspections; A large number of food, beverage and supplement products with a market value of approximately 61 million TL and materials used in production, filling, labeling and packaging were seized.

Judicial action was taken against 73 suspects.

The statement also said, "We continue our fight with determination against people and businesses that threaten the health of our citizens, endanger food safety and mislead consumers; we continue our inspections and operations uninterruptedly in order to protect the health of our people and ensure their access to safe food. We congratulate our heroic police officers, our Security Department, our Central Directorate of Intellectual Property Crimes and those who contributed. We thank the General Directorate of Food and Control of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry."