Ekoproduct has been named as new distributor of Topigs genetics in Bulgaria.

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The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) received an immediate notification on 25 January 2013.

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Bulgarian producers have expressed their concerns over a recent call by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) for a EU-wide ban on the production and sale of foie gras (liver pate).

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The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency closed a meat processing plant in the town of Silistra after inspectors found 4,200 kg of frozen meat with expiration dates from 2009 and without documentation, according to FOCUS Information Agency.

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Bulgaria has fulfilled all requirements of the European Commission (EC) regarding laying hen welfare, the country's Minister of Agriculture and Food, Miroslav Naydenov announced recently.

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Bulgaria has scrapped its idea to build a border fence with Turkey that was supposed to keep animals infected with Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) from entering the country.

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Qatar will invest in Bulgaria's production of chicken and lamb meat, as well as grains, Bulgarian Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naudenov revealed on Wednesday.

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Bulgaria's Agriculture and Food Minister Miroslav Naydenov will investigate the reasons why egg prices in the country doubled in the course of just ten days.

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Outbreaks of Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) occurred in Bulgaria in 2011. FMD is a highly contagious viral disease in wild and domestic cloven-hoofed animals (e.g. pigs, wild boars) with a severe impact on farmers and trade.

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Chinese companies have demonstrated committed interest in investment in Bulgaria's agriculture, according to Agriculture and Foods Minister Miroslav Naydenov.

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Helicopters with sharpshooters will circle over Strandja Mountains, south eastern Bulgaria watching out for wild cattle infected with foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).

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US Foodservice, one of America’s leading foodservice distributors, has purchased meat distributor, Ritter Food Service, a division of The Pennfield Corporation.

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The Bulgarian veterinary authorities have reported two more outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in buffaloes, cattle, swine and sheep and goats.

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Novinite.com/Sofia News Agency | April 4, 2011, Monday

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In south east Bulgaria, a fifth village has been found to have livestock which have been affected by Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD).

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Within a month Bulgaria will start exporting chicken meat to Jordan, Yordan Voynov, head of the Bulgarian food safety agency, has told local press.

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About 300 Bulgarian farmers from the Strandzha Mountain region participated in a human chain to stop vets from killing their animals infected with the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).

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Bulgaria's Agriculture Minister, Miroslav Naydenov, is leaving Friday on an official visit to Jordan.

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The villagers from the Strandzha region in Bulgaria have protested against the slaughter of 7000 animals.

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Some areas in Bulgaria have been affected by Foot-and-Mouth disease, the European Commission stated that the areas in Bulgaria under restriction will be reduced.

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The World Organisation for Animal Health received follow-up report no. 3 on 31 January.

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The Bulgarian national veterinary service is in the process of preparing the sanitary files for the products, which will be later sent to Japan to decide whether to sell them on the local market, according to The Sofia Echo.

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The World Organisation for Animal Health received follow-up report no. 1 yesterday, 11 January.

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Bulgaria's veterinary service Monday ordered the slaughter of all cattle in a village close to the country's southeast border with Turkey after cases of foot-and-mouth disease were confirmed there.

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Farmers from the Bulgarian village of Kosti, whose animals were slaughtered over cases of foot-and-mouth disease will receive full compensations. The statement was made Tuesday by Agriculture Minister, Miroslav Naydenov, after a meeting with farmers and milk producers. Naydenov says Bulgaria will ask from the European Commission to compensate not only the owners of the animals, but also milk, meat and hide processors from the affected regions where trade and use of animals has been banned. These are about 64 plants processing milk and 92 meat facilities.

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More than 500 livestock are to be culled in a village in southeastern Bulgaria as the country looks to contain its first outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) for more than a decade.

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It has been reported that the first case of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) has been discovered for the first time in 12 years in Bulgaria.

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Another village in the country has been affected by Foot-and-Mouth disease with more animals reported to have the disease. The village of Rezovo, Bourgas in Bulgaria have been found to be positive for the disease following blood samples that were taken from animals. The animals have been sent to slaughter.

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Blood samples from one cow, eight pigs, 14 sheep and 12 goats have tested positive for foot-and-mouth disease, according to the World Organisation for Animal Health.

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Bulgarian chicken trade boosted by near neighbours Bulgaria has stepped up its trade in chicken meat this year, with significant increases in volumes both imported and exported.

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The EBLEX and BPEX export team exhibited the full range of beef, lamb and pork products at Meatmania in Bulgaria earlier this month.

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The Bulgarian poultry industry is on the verge of crisis, due to the recent bankruptcy of four large domestic poultry producers that has been attributed to the sharp increase in the price of feed grain.

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This report describes the outcome of an FVO specific audit in Bulgaria, which took place between 26 to 30 April 2010 as part of the general audit carried out under the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 on official food and feed controls.

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Bulgaria's veterinary service has confirmed an anthrax outbreak among sheep in the northeastern village of Brestovene, it said in a statement Tuesday.

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The National Assembly adopted a strategy for the establishment of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency and Risk Assessment Center with 117 ayes, no nays and 6 abstentions. Minister of Agriculture and Food Dr Miroslav Naydenov attended the vote.

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The National Assembly adopted a strategy for the establishment of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency and Risk Assessment Center with 117 ayes, no nays and 6 abstentions. Minister of Agriculture and Food Dr Miroslav Naydenov attended the vote.

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Huvepharma wraps up successful Veterinary Symposium At the 2nd and final day of the Int'l Veterinary Symposium, organised by Huvepharma, the focus was on new insights in pig and poultry diseases, and how to deal with the changing international agri markets, which concerns farmers and veterinarians.

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Huvepharma is organising its first International Veterinary Congress in Albena, Bulgaria from 1-3 June. Important issues such as the current use of antibiotics and its effect on bacterial resistance already caused a lot of discussion on the first day.

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A wild bird found dead in Varna has been found to have been infected with H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). The veterinary authority sent an Immediate Notification dated 1 April to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).

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The Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) Act has caused a stir in Bulgaria, prompting parliamentary debates and public protests about lifting the country's five-year ban on GMOs. Mid-January, the Bulgarian parliament gave a first reading approval to the GMO Act's amendments proposed by the ruling GERB-party government (Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria) to ease the GMO restrictions and get in line with EU legislation.

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The EBRD is extending a new €6.5 million loan to Boni Holding, the leading meat processing company in Bulgaria, to support its drive to improve energy efficiency and to bring it into line with EU environmental standards

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Bulgaria’s Economy Minister, Traicho Traikov, informed that Bulgaria is suffering losses in the amount of EUR 3 M per day over the Greek farmers protests

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Out of the 378 meat companies on the list, 330 met the structural standards and have been approved to market products to other EU and third countries

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Bulgaria and Romania along with the former Yugoslavia were the largest beef producers in Europe for two thirds of the last century

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The Bulgarian Parliament is set to allow a much wider use of genetically modified crops (GMOs) in the country, after the Commission for Environment and Water approved a change in the law on GMOs.

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"Plus", a well-known German retail chain has opened its eighth retail outlet in Bulgaria, in the city of Radnevo. The new store will be open to customers on Thursday. The retailer has already opened stores in Bulgarian towns such as

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Although no new outbreaks of Classical Swine Fever (CSF) have been reported in the country, the Bulgarian veterinary authorities, along with the OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health), continue to monitor the disease

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A new outbreak of Classical Swine Fever in wild boar has been reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).

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The veterinary authorities have reported a new outbreak of Classical Swine Fever (CSF) in one wild boar to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). The Bulgarian veterinary authority sent an Immediate Notification to OIE on 15 September. It describes a young

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About a dozen Bulgarian meat processing companies will have to pay back the subsidies they have received under the EU’s Sapard programme after the prosecution discovered absorption violations, State Fund Agriculture chief Kalina Ilieva told the Bulgarian Parliament's committee on agriculture on September 9 2009. She was tight-lipped on either names or amounts. At the end of

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"The export of pork and beef meat from Bulgaria has been restricted. In 2008, some 1,801 tons of beef and 1,200 tons of pork meat have been exported," Kostadin Chorbadzhiyski, chairman of the Association of Meat Processors in Bulgaria, said for

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The biological waste from the packing plant in the northern town of Svishtov and Vinprom wine producer could be used for biogas production, said Andrey Ivanov, a representative of European Water, Lake and River System Development Association (EVAK

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Bulgaria has further potential to export food and drink products to the UK, said British ambassador to Bulgaria Steve Williams during talks with Bulgarian Agriculture and Food Industry Minister Miroslav Naidenov. Ambassador Williams described the UK as an important exporter to Bulgaria, and said it would be mutually beneficial if the UK develops

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The European Commission (EC) wants to reclaim the €70 million subsidies that were granted to 80 Bulgarian meat and milk processing companiesAccording to the EC, these companies have been involved in fraud. They have been claiming too much money for projects

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The European Commission is claiming back 65 million leva (€33.33 million) from Bulgaria for 98 projects that had incorrectly been financed through the Sapard programme.

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Europe's largest and most modern black mussel farm is being built in the Bay of Kavarna. It is owned by the Bulgarian-Irish Black Sea Shells Ltd. company. Operating at full capability, owners expect a 3,500-tonne yield a year, says a report on BsannaNews. The news association says Black Sea

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The veterinary authorities have reported four cases of Newcastle disease to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).

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