Pork

On Wednesday several countries have banned imports of Brazilian meat after police raided several meat producers last Friday for allegedly doling out bribes to inspectors to certify meat that was either rotten or tainted with salmonella.

In an effort promote its new Bacon 3-Way Burger, a fast food company has created a series of commercials starring three oiled up blondes in bikinis engaged in a pseudo menage a trois.

The Marmara Research Center (MAM) of the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TÜB?TAK) has developed a test to swiftly detect whether there is pork in halal meat, after investing almost $125,000 over more than two years.

Germany might be renowned the world over for its sausages, but it seems this about to change. The large influx of refugees and illegal immigrants into the country has led to the decision by many vendors to withdraw all pork related food from canteens, schools and childcare centers in order to avoid offending the newly arrived Muslims.

Antalya-based Fusion Tour has launched an Islamic cruise business expanding the spectrum of halal tourism, a rising trend in Turkey and its region. 

On their September voyage to neighboring Greece, there will be no alcohol, no pork-related products and no gambling.

An Israeli soldier who was jailed earlier this week for eating a non-kosher sandwich has been freed after the army agreed to release him following a wave of public pressure.
 
The soldier, who recently immigrated to Israel from America, was initially jailed for 11 days after eating a sandwich containing pork, which is forbidden by Jewish dietary law, public radio reported.

Romania may begin the export of frozen pork to China, after pork producer Smithfield Romania has received the approval to be registered in the country in question, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR) informed.

Photo credit: (c) Vlad STAVRICA / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

Photos of a deformed pig with something that looks like a human face and a penis on its forehead are making the rounds of the internet in the last few hours.

BELGRADE - Germany's largest meat producer Clemens Toennies will pay a visit to Serbia on December 1 to finalise a deal on opening a pig farm with 1,500,000 animal units, Belgrade-based Kurir reported on Tuesday.

Toennies plans to lease up to 15,000 hectares of land in Serbia for the pig farm.

Sales of meat in Macedonia have dropped sharply since reports broke two weeks ago that infected meat had led to four people dying from listeriosis.