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14 January 2019

Imitation Dairy Products to be Sold Only in Individual Packages
Today's imitation dairy products in the country will only be sold at designated store shelves, and only in individual packages. ...

14 November 2017

Iranian Firms Visit Bulgaria to Explore Opportunities for Investment in Dairy Sector
BULGARIA - Representatives of 15 Iranian dairy companies are exploring opportunities for partnership and investment in Bulgaria, the Economy Ministry said on 13 November....

11 August 2014

140 New Bluetongue Cases Reported in Bulgaria
BULGARIA - One hundred and forty new cases of bluetongue have been reported in Bulgaria....

19 April 2011

Farm Animals Die as FMD Compensation is Lagging
BULGARIA - Bulgarian farmers who have been forced to destroy their livestock in an attempt to tackle foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), would be fully compensated for their loss, Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naidenov said on 18 April 2011, reiterating Government...

12 April 2011

Bulgaria Reports One More Outbreak of FMD
BULGARIA - The Bulgarian veterinary authorities have reported yet another outbreak of foot and mouth disease cattle, swine and sheep/goats in Burgas....

07 April 2011

More FMD Outbreaks in Bulgaria
BULGARIA - The Bulgarian veterinary authorities have reported two more outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in buffaloes, cattle, swine and sheep and goats....

04 April 2011

Livestock Slaughtered Over Health Scare
BULGARIA - Bulgarian government officials say some 350 farm animals were slaughtered at a village close to the southern border with Turkey as a precaution following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease....

Bulgarian Farmers to Be Compensated Over FMD
BULGARIA - Farmers in southeast Bulgaria will be receive compensations totaling BGN 2.4 M (EUR 1.2 M) for their livestock destroyed in order to contain the spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD)....

29 March 2011

New FMD Centre Found in Southeast Bulgaria
BULGARIA - Dr Yordan Voinov will visit Sredetz municipality in the village of Granichar during a routine check of the veterinary team of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency, where a new outbreak of FMD has been detected. ...

25 March 2011

Foot and Mouth Disease Breaks Out in Bulgaria
BULGARIA - The Bulgarian veterinary authorities have reported one new outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in cattle....

02 March 2011

Protection Measures Lifted After Implementation Of EU Rules
BULGARIA - Using the new Comitology procedure for the first time, the European Commission decided yesterday to reduce the areas under restriction in Bulgaria due to Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD). ...

02 February 2011

Bulgaria Reports One More Outbreak of FMD
BULGARIA - The Bulgarian veterinary authorities have reported yet another outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the Burgas region....

17 January 2011

Bulgaria Lifts FMD Preventative Methods
BULGARIA - The restrictive measures over the foot and mouth disease [FMD] spreading in Bulgaria, adopted in the districts of Varna, Shumen, Yambol, Sliven, Haskovo and Kardzhali, have been lifted, the National Medical Veterinary Service announced. ...

12 January 2011

Bulgaria Reports Another Outbreak of FMD
BULGARIA - The Bulgarian veterinary authorities have reported another outbreak of foot and mouth disease, this time affecting cattle, sheep and goats too....

30 July 2010

Strategy For Food Safety, Risk Assessment Adopted
BULGARIA - MEPs have adopted a strategy for the establishment of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency and Risk Assessment Center....

30 January 2008

Bulgaria to Ask Permission from EC to Increase Subsidies for Dairy Producers
BULGARIA - As per an agreement between Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev and the National Association of Milk Producers and the National Milk Board leaders Plamen Penchev and Dimiter Zorov, dairy producers would receive a subsidy of 0.2 leva per litre of...

27 December 2007

Bulgaria - Milk Protest
BULGARIA - Milk producers go out on protest in front of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Supply....

12 September 2007

Brucellosis Hits Cattle in One More Bulgarian Town
BULGARIA - A total of 36 animals have been declared infected with brucellosis in Bulgaria's town of Harmanli late on Tuesday....

07 September 2007

Milk Producers/Processors Meeting.
BULGARIA - Bulgarian Prime Minister Peter Dimitrov says that Bulgarian milk industry professionals want the Economy and Energy Ministry to exercise control over the quality of dairy products and regulate trademark matters, according to the Bulgarian...

02 February 2007

Bulgarian Company Stake Buy-Out in Meggle Dairy
BULGARIA - Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has given permission to Bulgaria’s MJ Pack trading company to buy the “half share” of Germany’s Meggle food producer in the two companies’ joint dairy venture, Meggle MJ,...

15 January 2007

Bulgarian Meat/Milk Inspections Required For Export To EU
BULGARIA - All Bulgarian meat and milk producers wanting to export to the European Union were to be inspected by the National Veterinary Service (NVS) during the period from January 9-15, according to the Ministry of Agriculture....

29 December 2006

Organic Dairy Farms a small revolution in Bulgaria
BULGARIA - There are only a handful of organic producers in Bulgaria and there is still a general unawareness of the virtues of organic farming. ...