2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
Inspectors from the Food Safety Agency confiscated nearly 300kg of illegal meat in Asenovgrad and neighboring villages. The inspection was carried out with the assistance of the police.
The action was held on Wednesday in farmyards, garages and unregulated meat production sites and partly in some stores.
Inspectors seized nearly 100 kilograms of carcass from lambs and about 120 kilograms of illegal beef. In addition, offal and pork were confiscated.
The meat was sent for destruction to the slaughterhouse in Varna.
In the case 5 acts for violation have been drawn up, and the imposed sanctions are between 150 and 1000 BGN.
Inspectors from the Fisheries and Control Department of NAFA - Stara Zagora, on the other hand, managed to seize a total of 1,400 meters of poaching nets, in which more than 103 kilograms of fish were illegally caught.
The found fish was donated to the company Green Balkans, and a report was drawn up against an unknown perpetrator.
The inspection of the NAFA inspectors was planned, and the action was carried out jointly with volunteers from Stara Zagora.
The action was carried out on the land of the village of Zimnitsa, where two people were spotted dropping a net into the water.
The violators have been caught and have been issued acts for unregulated commercial fishing, according to the LRA.
From them were confiscated 3 caracudi 350 grams, 1 carp - 700 grams, 1 catfish - 1 kilogram, which were returned to the water.
During a patrol around Koprinka Dam, another person was caught in which illegal fish was found. A 5-kilogram carp, a 4-kilogram caracuda, a 3-kilogram catfish and 3 kilograms of white fish were returned to the reservoir.
Meanwhile, the Executive Agency for Fisheries and Aquaculture - Stara Zagora and amateur fishermen have stockpiled Koprinka Dam. 250 kilograms of fish have been released into the reservoir, including silver carp and carp.
Inspections by the Food Agency will continue during the Easter holidays.
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