The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency launches today exceptional checks at ice cream shops and ice cream manufacturing facilities. The inspections at the manufacturing facilities will be completed by the end of June. The checks at the points of sale and..
The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency is going to destroy 9,900 kilograms of frozen chicken legs from Poland infected with salmonella. The food safety agency took samples of the chicken upon its arrival in Bulgaria. The meat is not allowed to be traded on..
As of today, the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency begins mass checks in food production and trading facilities. The inspection is made in connection with the forthcoming official holidays in Bulgaria- Easter, which falls on May 2 and St. George's Day,..
Selling pork from five districts in Bulgaria will once again be allowed in other EU Member States, the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency has reported. The European Commission is lifting the ban on meat from the regions of Sofia,..
A protest has started at Kulata border checkpoint on the day that the border with Greece reopens. The protest is organized by owners of fruit and vegetable warehouses who warned, last week, that discontent has been growing with a..
The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency has identified a shipment of salmonella-infected chicken from Poland. The shipment which contains 19,695 kilograms of chilled chicken legs will be destroyed. The meat is not allowed to be traded on the Bulgarian..
The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency has intercepted and banned the sale of 24,478 tons of imported vegetables – peppers and tomatoes – from third countries with an excessive level of pesticide residue. The vegetables will be destroyed or returned to..
The EC undertook measures aimed at curbing the spread of unauthorized genetically modified bacteria in Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) in fodder. Following an inspection the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency banned an imported fodder containing unauthorized form of..
Poultry breeders staged a protest in front of the building of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) in Sofia over the vague measures taken by the agency’s administration to counter bird flu. According to BFSA data, at this time there are 22..
Experts from the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency are making third food tests at large-retail chains in four EU member states. Later, these foods will be compared with the identical-brand food items sold on the Bulgarian market. The third food test is..
