Bulgaria approves HPAI compensation regulation - GAIN

Published 2024년 9월 3일

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The Bulgarian poultry industry is actively engaging with authorities to address economic issues, domestic support, and regulations, as reported by the USDA GAIN. The authorities have approved a regulation for compensating farms affected by HPAI, aligning with the industry's focus on maintaining a favourable epizootic environment and high biosecurity standards. The industry is open to using HPAI vaccines, as long as it does not impact trade, especially exports. Additionally, the industry is working to secure improved domestic support for poultry producers and is preparing for the implementation of EU Green Deal regulations, which are expected to increase production costs but may not support industry growth.

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The local poultry industry in Bulgaria continued to be proactive and had intensive consultations with the authorities regarding economic challenges, domestic support, and regulations, according to a recent US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report. The authorities approved a critical regulation related to compensations to farms impacted by HPAI. According to the industry (Poultry Union), favourable epizootic environment, including heavy monitoring and control over HPAI, along with high biosecurity standards at farms, is the top priority. Due to high density of broiler and layer farms next to duck farms, the Poultry Union position on using a vaccine against HPAI is positive provided that this will not affect trade and especially exports. The industry also managed to achieve improved domestic support for poultry producers. ...

Source: Thepoultrysite