2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
In Sofia alone, 37 tons of unfit food were stopped during joint inspections by the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency and the National Revenue Agency.
The most common violation encountered by BFSA inspectors is improper storage of food products, as well as unregistered sites, according to the Commercial Law.
Among the violations of traders in our country is the sale of goods without the necessary documents for their origin. This is the biggest threat to the health of people who buy food.
16 tons of food of non-animal origin - spaghetti, dried mushrooms, sprouts, soy, and 109 kilograms of canned fish - were stopped as unfit for consumption.
Some of the inspected retail outlets did not comply with the hygienic conditions, which are mandatory according to the requirements. One of these sites was closed and the owner was fined. The sanction for such a violation is between BGN 5,000 and 10,000.
During another joint inspection of the National Revenue Agency and the General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime in Sofia, a consignment of 20 tons of pork knuckle was seized, which did not have the necessary certificates of origin and product labels.
According to the initial data, the smuggled goods entered our country on August 6 in front of the Ruse border checkpoint. For the import of two men detained with an order for 24 hours, and in the meantime the Food Agency has imposed a ban on the goods.
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