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Turkey Fines Adidas $15,000 For Pigskin Shoes

Adidas has gotten into hot water for not disclosing its 'Samba OG' model was made of pigskin (Credit: AFP)

Turkey has hit German sporting equipment giant Adidas with a fine of more than $15,000 for failing to inform customers that one of its flagship footwear models contained pigskin.

The Muslim-majority country's advertising regulator slammed Adidas for describing its "Samba OG" trainers -- sported in recent years by models Kendall Jenner and Bella Hadid -- as made from "real leather", without specifying it came from pigs.

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