The Bulgarian National Veterinary Services are confiscating all meat imported from Ireland as well as products made from such meat. Photo by Yuliana Nikolova (Sofia Photo Agency)
Veterinary inspectors have impounded a total of 100 tons of pork imported from Ireland on fears that the meat may contain a high level of dioxin.
After 60 tons of Irish pork were found at storage facilities in Sofia and Plovdiv on Monday, 40 tons more were impounded Wednesday across the country.
In addition, the inspectors have asked a private company with several truckloads of meat from Ireland on their way to Bulgaria to send the meat back.
Bulgaria was alerted about the dangerous pork imports through European Union's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF).
An order, issued by the Bulgarian National Veterinary Services Director Iordan Voynov, reads that all meat from Ireland as well as all products made with such meat, should be confiscated. If tests prove that the meat or any of the products contains dioxin, they would be destroyed.