Law No. 7255 on Certain Regulations in the Field of Food, Agriculture and Forestry

Accordingly; Foods that endanger the life and health of persons will be recalled from the market at the expense of the person responsible, and will be destroyed after their ownership is transferred to the public. Food business operators who produce, import or place on the market under their own name or trade name such foods will be sentenced to imprisonment from one year to 5 years and a judicial fine of 1000 to 5000 days. In addition, if the act is repeated within 3 years, the food business operator who produces, imports or places the food on the market under its own name or trade name will be banned from food sector activity for 5 to 10 years. An administrative fine at the rate of 1 percent of 'annual gross revenues' generated at the end of the financial year preceding the act or, if this cannot be calculated, at the end of the financial year closest to the date of the act, will be imposed, provided that it is not less than 50 thousand Turkish lira for the food or feed business operator who produces, imports or places on the market under its own name or trade name counterfeit or adulterated food or feed, and not less than 5 thousand Turkish lira for the retail food or feed business operator who places it on the market without ensuring traceability, and does not exceed 500 thousand Turkish Lira.

 

 

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Date Added :2020-12-02 12:09:00