TURKISH AGRI.NEWS

Plastic packaging endangering human health and quality! Zeytindostu Association continues its struggle with imitation and adulteration in olive oil by raising awareness of consumers on quality olive oil. In this context, the experts of the association, which organizes Olive Oil Awareness and Tasting Training in the Aegean Region Chamber of Industry (EBSO), informed the participants about the correct harvesting and production techniques, the health benefits of olive oil, and olive oil tasting. Zeytindostu Association Chairman of the Board Dr. Fügen Durlu Özkaya said that those who endanger human health by producing and placing fraudulent products should be dealt with, such as prison or heavy economic sanctions. Board Member Pharmacist Atilla Totoş noted that olive oil dissolves plastic and noted that such packages pose a danger. Zeytindostu Association informed the participants about the quality processes from olive oil production to the end consumer in the Olive Oil Awareness...

Food safety still tops the agenda of the government despite all of the new measures it has taken. As public complaints mount over companies fined for violating the food safety code, some companies are resorting to changing their names and executives to continue operations. To deal with this, lawmakers are preparing a new, more efficient bill that includes prison sentences up to five years for people and businesses involved in the production, sale and import of food deemed dangerous to public health. New steps already found support from food producers. Atilla Totoş, a board member of an association of olive and olive oil producers, told Anadolu Agency (AA) on Thursday that food safety violators "should be tried on manslaughter charges." "They deliberately sell fake foods," he says. "It will be a great day for Turkish food producers when the law comes into force," Totoş said, adding that Turkey can establish a police task force against food safety viol...

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