Tridge summary
Consumers in Bulgaria are facing a dilemma between expensive local lamb and imported meat, raising concerns about its quality and origin as the holiday season approaches. The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) has failed to enforce European legislation on labeling and freezing dates, allowing the sale of undeclared deep-frozen meat in supermarkets. The issue comes to light with the import of undeclared and mislabeled lamb from New Zealand, North Macedonia, and Romania, raising concerns about transparency in the food market. The National Sheep and Goat Breeding Association (NOKA) and the Association “For Affordable and Quality Food” have called for consumer vigilance and highlighted the need for proper labeling and storage of meat products to ensure consumer safety and prevent the misrepresentation of local and imported meats. The current situation highlights a broader issue of food safety and transparency, with the BFSA's inaction prompting warnings from these organizations about the potential risks to public health and the unfair competition faced by local farmers.
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Original content
On the eve of one of the brightest Christian holidays – Easter, consumers (for another year) must make a choice between expensive (for some, unaffordable) Bulgarian lamb and imported products, which quite often turn out to be of dubious origin. Unfortunately, in this battle, the Bulgarian consumer is left alone, and the institutions that should protect him are once again in the role of silent observers. After a series of videos on social networks of frozen lamb - without a seal and the necessary labeling - the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) once again shows that it does not want to - or cannot - fulfill its main function: to monitor the implementation of European legislation. And it is, if nothing else, categorical when it comes to meat - deep-frozen meat must be clearly marked with a freezing date. Although the BFSA announced that they would monitor for irregularities, the meat without a stamp and the necessary marking ended up in the store. User posts on the Internet, ...
Source: Agri
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