Sudden death of BABH Director Svetlozar Patarinski

Two days after the Executive Director of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) Svetlozar Patarinski participated in a press conference where it was announced that the country would not vaccinate sheep and goats against bluetongue disease, late last night the agency announced that on November 2, the head of the agency had suddenly passed away. Born in 1978, Patarinski accumulated years of experience as a veterinarian and food expert in the private and later the public sector. He graduated with a master's degree in veterinary medicine from the Forestry University. His professional journey began at the meat products manufacturing company "Solaris-AS," where he led the implementation and control team - "Risk Analysis and Control of Critical Points," better known as the HACCP System. In the following years, Dr. Patarinski was the quality and food safety manager at ...