The ‘Listeria bacteria’ scandal in Tahsildaroğlu deeply affected the food industry. Deadly bacteria was detected in the company’s ‘Cracked White Cheese’.
While the scandal emerged with the complaint of a citizen who became ill after consuming the cheese, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry teams immediately took action and destroyed the products in question. The ministry, which also examined the company’s other products, also fined Tahsildaroğlu. After the incident, a statement came from Tahsildaroğlu, to whom all eyes were on.
In his statement, Tahsildaroğlu stated that no nonconformity was detected in other products of the brand. The statement made by the company is as follows:
“WITH WITHDRAWED FROM THE MARKET”
“Recently, it has been deemed necessary to make the following statement in order to inform the public accurately about the posts about a product of our company on social media and some media organs.
Upon a consumer complaint submitted through Alo 174 Food Line, a sample of our 400 gram Ripened Classic Cracked White Cheese product with batch number 290625 was taken from the chain market shelf and as a result of the analysis conducted by Kocaeli Food Control Laboratory Directorate, our company was informed that the product was not suitable for L. monocytogenes.
Following the notification, an official inspection was carried out at our production facility, and the process of precautionary withdrawal of the products of the batch in question from the market was initiated.
Within the scope of the investigation initiated by our company, environmental samples were taken from 37 different points in our production facility, as well as samples from the end product and products with consecutive batch numbers, and were analyzed in accredited laboratories. No evidence of L. monocytogenes was found in the analyses.
Within the scope of the Listeria Environmental Monitoring Program implemented regularly in our company, L. monocytogenes has not been detected in the environmental monitoring studies carried out to date. The product subject to the complaint is produced on a separate production and packaging line, and no findings of nonconformity were found in our other products during the inspections.
Our production facilities operate in line with national legislation as well as international food safety standards recognized by GFSI, and are regularly inspected by authorized institutions and independent international certification bodies.
We kindly request you not to rely on false claims on social media and some media outlets that go beyond the scope of the incident and target our other products and brand. Our legal rights regarding false information and sharing are followed meticulously.
“Our company sees consumer health and food safety as its top priority and continues its production in line with scientific principles, national legislation and international food safety standards.”
