The Turkish Food, Agriculture, and Livestock Ministry has denied
recent reports that beef imported from Poland during 2011-2012 contained
bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/search/mad%20cow" rel="nofollow - mad cow http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/search/disease" rel="nofollow - disease .
The ministry said in a statement that “the imported meats belonged to
cattle younger than 30 months old, which are not scientifically in the
risk group in terms of BSE,” state-run Anadolu Agency said on May 27.
“Within the context of the investigation, there is no analysis report that shows a sign of BSE, and so far, in the http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/search/meat" rel="nofollow - meat imported from Poland, EU countries, and other countries, no diagnosis of BSE http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/search/disease" rel="nofollow - disease have been made,” the ministry said.
It has also indicated that veterinarians assigned by the ministry, as
per the international rules, were present before, during, and after the
slaughter process of the cattle in Poland in 2011 and 2012.
The ministry said the news broke after slaughterhouses in Poland
filed complaints against each other and Polish authorities requested http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/search/Turkey" rel="nofollow - Turkey
to give information regarding the incident. But in the relevant
correspondences between the two countries there was no indication of http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/search/mad%20cow" rel="nofollow - mad cow http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/search/disease" rel="nofollow - disease diagnosis in the imported http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/search/meat" rel="nofollow - meat , the ministry said.
“Within the context of the investigation [run by Poland], [Polish
authorities] have appealed to our veterinarians’ testimonies and asked
us about forgery in documents as well as the procedures. And our
veterinary doctors said the issue might require a criminal
investigation, therefore did not have information, and the addressee of
the question should be the Polish side,” the ministry said.
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