Bulgaria: Farmers accused BABH of lobbying for large producers

The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) has doomed hundreds of small Bulgarian food producers to bankruptcy with its order last week banning the holding of markets. This was alarmed by the association "Bulgarian Farmers' Markets". At the end of last week, the agency announced that they are banning the holding of markets for live animals and animal products on the territory of the entire country. "Bulgarian Farmers' Markets" claim that the order also prohibits the sale of "animal products" such as eggs , dairy products, sausages and other foods of animal origin. However, the situation with the spread of bird flu in our country is worsening. The Ministry of Agriculture reported that there are outbreaks of the disease in farms throughout the country, where one fifth of the laying hens are raised. "Within the last 20 days, we have had 7 outbreaks of pathogenic influenza in birds in the country. One outbreak in Veliko Tarnovo, two in Pazardzhik, one in Haskovo and ...