As previously reported here, Turkey has been struggling with a red meat shortage that has led to a spike in prices. Not a good thing in a country that runs on kebabs.
Now, to add to the woes of Turkish meat lovers, reports are circulating that officials have found large-scale bacterial contamination among some Turkish meat producers. In fact, according to the reports, some of the tainted meat had been sold to the local Burger King chain, which ended up making their Whoppers with it, despite initially having promised authorities that it had disposed of the bad stuff (by selling it to a dog breeding farm, according to one report).
This being Turkey, though, some -- particularly local meat producers -- suspect some kind of conspiracy behind the contamination reports, believing they are being spread by those who want to increase the amount of imported meat coming into Turkey. More details on this meaty subject here.
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