General Status of Food Cheats in Turkey

Abstract

Objective: Nutrition has an important place in the preservation of public health, raising the living standards and development of the country's economy. In order to ensure food safety and quality, it has determined the principles and procedures regarding the inspection and control services of the materials and materials in contact with food and food and the minimum technical and hygienic conditions and responsibilities of the food enterprises, and has made some recognitions. This study was carried out in order to reveal the lists of the products which are finalized in the official website of the Ministry in accordance with the Article 8 of the By-Law on the Official Control of Food and Feed. Method: Qualitative research method was adopted in this study which examined the food lists which were confirmed by the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock between 2013-2018. The data were converted to statistical data by using the content analysis method. Results: As a result of the content analysis of the lists between 2013-2018, it was determined that a total of 1073 party products were subjected to imitation and adulteration and these products belonged to 815 enterprises. Most of the products made to pretend and adulterated cheese (161 pieces), olive oil (160 pieces), sunflower oil (96 pieces), sausage varieties (91 pieces), yogurt (85 pcs), ready-made dumplings (80 pieces) and honey varieties (65 pieces), reinforcing foods (63 pieces), ready mortar types (51 pieces) and butter varieties (41 pieces). Discussion and Conclusion: As the awareness of the modern society's feeding patterns, the negative effects of future generations, children and health on the whole, the societies try to learn more about the foods they consume. To reach the most transparent information about foods in the globalized world is becoming the most natural right of being human and law. However, from the start of the commercial production of food, it is known that foodstuffs are exposed to some tricks such as imitation and adulteration from the field to the fork and various arrangements (laws etc.) are made in order to combat these situations. Considering that 1073 party products were imitated and adulterated between 2013-2018, the fact that these products were produced by imitation and adulteration, how long it was produced, how long it was left in the market, how much of it was sold and consumed, prevented the question of the extent of the situation.

Keywords: Food safety, imitation, adulteration, food regulation

DOI: 10.7176/JSTR/5-9-07