Food safety

Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov met with Chinese Ambassador Zhang Haizhou on account of the ban on imports of Bulgarian rose products. In recent days, the Small Business Agency announced that China bans imports of products that contain a Bulgarian oil rose.

For the last week, Inspectors of the Food Safety Departments of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency carried out around 1980 inspections at sites of the commercial network and catering establishments, 395 of which on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. Reports Novinite.bg. 

More than 90,000 eggs contaminated with the insecticide Fipronil were seized by police in Italy, DPA reported.

European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis will arrive at Lesvos island on Thursday to visit health centers and other areas accommodating refugees and migrants.

He will be accompanied by the general secretary of Public Health Yiannis Baskozos.

Sweden-headquartered Trelleborg group said on Wednesday it is making further investment in its Bulgarian unit for advanced liquid silicone rubber (LSR) injection molding solutions.

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Kori Udovicki and Director of the European Commission Directorate General for health and Food Safety Miko Ladislav conferred in Brussels on the reform of inspection services in Serbia.

Consumer watchdog slams Reference Laboratories

BELGRADE -- The National Organization of Consumers of Serbia (NOPS) says the launch of the National Reference Laboratory was "the pinnacle of the deception of the public."

Bulgarian Veterinary Union will stage a protest over the lack of clear strategy for the veterinary services in the country, Thursday.

The protest under the slogan 'Lack of strategy, organization and management of the veterinary services' will take place in front of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency head office, Dnevnik reports.

BELGRADE - A project meant to improve facilities for the production of animal source foods and management of animal by-products will be completed by 2016, and the EU has decided to grant Serbia EUR 2 million for the project.

Chickens contaminated with Salmonella have been found in the grocery stores in Bulgaria's city of Plovdiv after an inspection by the Regional Directorate for Food Safety.

The contaminated meat was a part of a batch produced and imported from Poland, BGNES informs. The batch has been distributed in 17 cardboard boxes.