Pork scandal at Köfteci Yusuf: Customers line up for refunds
The pork scandal identified at Köfteci Yusuf has caused a widespread stir across Turkey. Customers of the chain, which has over 200 branches, have rushed to locations to request refunds, suspicious of the products they purchased. The company is not responding to calls.
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The pork scandal continues to dominate Turkey's agenda. Following the discovery of pork in beef roast served to students in university dormitories by the Düzce-based company Saydam Yemek ve Organizasyon, it was also determined that pork was used in a famous meatball chain.
WHO IS THE MEATBALL SELLER SELLING PORK?
While it became a major topic of discussion that the large meatball chain was not initially on the list of problematic products shared by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, everyone was searching for an answer to the question, "Who is the meatball seller selling pork?"
REVEALED BY OFFICIAL REPORT
Finally, the inspection and analysis report from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has emerged. The report includes information that pork was detected in a "ready-to-eat cooked meatball" product sold at a Köfteci Yusuf branch in Etimesgut, Ankara.
IT HAS OVER 200 BRANCHES! EVERYONE IS SUSPICIOUS
After Köfteci Yusuf, which has more than 200 branches in Turkey, became embroiled in a pork scandal, citizens have become suspicious of both the products they have eaten and those they have purchased.
THEY ARE RUSHING TO BRANCHES FOR REFUNDS
It has been reported that many citizens have applied to the meatball chain's branches to return the products they purchased.
A citizen who bought halal-slaughtered meatballs from Köfteci Yusuf in Istanbul wanted to return the products following the recent news about pork.
ALLEGATION THAT 'THE PHONE WAS HUNG UP'
The citizen, who stated that they reached the company, learned that the products would not be accepted for return, and it was alleged that the phone was hung up on them.