Imported eggs and chicken are sold as Bulgarian

Published 2024년 1월 3일

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The chairman of the Association of Industrial Poultry Breeding, Daniel Bozhankov, has expressed concern about the relabelling of imported eggs and chicken meat as Bulgarian products, and the lack of traceability in the industry. State authorities have been slow to address the issue, which has been compounded by a decrease in domestic egg production due to bird flu, leading to an increase in imported eggs filling the gap in the market. Despite more positive trends in the poultry sector in 2023, such as decreased feed prices and increased egg sale prices, the industry continues to face challenges including the large ratio of imported chicken meat to domestic production and the lack of price adjustments by big retail chains despite rising costs for manufacturers.

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Relabelling of imported eggs and chicken meat in our sheds continues to be one of the main problems in the poultry sector. This is what the chairman of the Association of Industrial Poultry Breeding, Daniel Bozhankov, told Radio Varna. "Products that are not of very clear origin enter Bulgaria. Eggs and meat enter from Ukraine, only as imports from Romania or Poland. Then they go to some of our warehouses or packaging workshops and reach the market network as Bulgarian. This is a very serious problem for the sector, since we do not have traceability of the goods themselves, and thus we lie to the consumer about what he is actually buying from the store," explained Bozhankov. State authorities are working on this case, but so far there is no particular progress, said the chairman of the Association for Industrial Poultry Breeding. He and his colleagues have repeatedly alerted the state institutions about the problem, for the solution of which it is necessary to make legal changes. ...

Source: Money