Tahov: Bulgaria awaits the EC report on sheep plague by the end of the day

Published 2024년 12월 19일

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European Commission veterinary experts are in Bulgaria to assess the implementation of sheep plague outbreak procedures by the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency in Velingrad. The agency has been criticized for not immediately destroying contact animals as required by veterinary legislation, leading to a ban on animal and meat trade from the Pazardzhik region. The Bulgarian sheep breeders are suing the Bulgarian Veterinary Service for non-compliance with procedures and have lost trust in their work. The executive director of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency has dismissed the chief veterinarians in the regional office in Pazardzhik and the quarantine in the Pazardzhik region will not be lifted until the cases against the agency are resolved.

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Since yesterday, a group of veterinary experts from the European Commission has been in Bulgaria to check how the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency has implemented the procedures for proving the outbreak of sheep plague in Velingrad and what measures it has taken to prevent the spread of the infection. This was announced by the Minister of Agriculture Georgi Tahov at today's hearing in parliament, which was also attended by the Executive Director of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) Svetlozar Patarinski. Due to the refusal of sheep farmers to comply with the order to destroy the herds in the five farms, which are managed as a common epizootic site, the European Commission has so far banned the trade of animals and meat only from the Pazardzhik region. By the end of the day, it will be clear whether there will be other, more serious sanctions for Bulgaria, explained Minister Tahov. Veterinary legislation obliges member states, in the presence of proven plague, to immediately ...

Source: Sinor