Bulgarian pork exports to the EU are no longer restricted

All industrial pig farms in our country can now freely trade meat produced on local farms and on the European market, except the Bulgarian one, the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) announced. The European Commission (EC) eases restrictions on the production and trade of pigs and pork from 20 municipalities in 9 districts in Bulgaria, where some of the largest pig farms in the country are located. The easing of restrictions in the regions where outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) have been declared in domestic pigs has become possible after repeated insistence by the BFSA to the EC. Based on the high results in the fight against the disease in domestic pigs in 2019 and 2020, assessed positively in the audits carried out by the EC, the BFSA defended its opinion that the principles of the current regionalization should no longer apply to the affected areas. Bulgaria. The easing of restrictions for producers in the country is the second in a month. In March this year The EC ...