Red Meat

After Eid-al-Adha, red meat price is on the rise again! Due to the decrease in the purchasing power of the citizens and the lack of sufficient animals to be brought to the markets during the Eid-al-Adha, animal sales dropped significantly this year. Right after the Sacrificial Feast, red meat prices …

The Chairperson of Turkiye Butchers’ Federation announced! 30 percent price hike in sacrificials! Turkish Butchers, Breeders, Meat and Meat Products Tradesmen and Craftsmen’s Federation Chair Osman Yardımcı made a statement about the sacrificial prices before the upcoming Eid al-Adha. Yardımcı stated that the price of kilograms was determined from 62 …

Lamb meat prices cause controversy! Meat product prices have stirred a controversy between the heads of the associations of breeders and butchers. Nihat Çelik Reacting to reports saying that meat prices could be hiked 24 percent in the upcoming days, Nihat Çelik, the head of the sheep and goat breeders’ association TÜDKİYEB, …

Press release… Aegean Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Association Chairman of the Board of Directors Bedri Girit stated that as fishery and animal products sector, they reached the export level of 3 billion 590 million dollars at the end of 2021, catching their 2023 target two years ago. Bedri Girit …

“Long queues were forming. That’s why we have decided to hike the prices,” General Manager of Meat and Milk Board (ESK) Osman Uzun was dismissed because of this statement! Mustafa Kayhan, the former General Director of Livestock, was appointed as the General Manager of the ESK. Mustafa Kayhan and Osman …

While the prices in Turkey have skyrocketed, striking data on livestock and meat exports! CHP’s (Republican People’s Party) Özgür Karabat added new ones to the claim that 2.5 million sheep and goats were sent to Qatar as carcasses, either live or slaughtered. According to Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TIM) data, in …

Ministry of Commerce took action! Red meat will not be exported… Meat and Milk Board (ESK) had marked up red meat by 48 percent. It was stated by experts that the continuation of the hikes would come. Recently, it was also claimed that Qatar and Iran imported large amounts of …

Press release… Promotions continue uninterruptedly… Turkiye Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Associations Sector Board Chairperson Sinan Kızıltan said that the promotional activities continue uninterruptedly for the promotion of healthy and safe foods produced by the Turkish aquaculture and animal products industry around the world. Sinan Kızıltan Kızıltan added that they …

SETBİR expects a change in food prices due to the decrease in foreign exchange… İsa Coşkun, Chair of the Turkish Dairy, Meat, Food Industrialists and Producers’ Association (SETBİR), said that taking into account the intense competition in our sectors, it is inevitable that there will be changes in costs and …

Nutrition in Turkey: Consumption of red meat and seafood is low, obesity is high! Turkey is one of the European countries that consumes the least red meat and seafood. According to the compilation made by Tuğba Öztürk from Hürriyet Daily by examining the data of FAO (UN Food and Agriculture …