Send to Kindle
www.pixabay.com
The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BNSA) received a signal of increased morbidity in an animal-farm in the village of Jernov, Pleven, on July 2, 2019. There are 14 pigs in the farm, two of which died. After the notification of the case in Pleven, an on-site inspection team was immediately established.
The samples taken from the dead pigs have been confirmed as positive for the African swine fever virus (ASF) by the National Reference Laboratory of the National Diagnostic Research Veterinary Medical Institute in Sofia. The carcasses of the animals are buried near the farm, and disinfection is carried out at the site.
The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency has immediately taken measures to control and eradicate the disease in accordance with European and national legislation, and the Emergency Action Plan for ASF Control. The forced humane killing and the disposal of all domestic swines started today, July 4th, observing the requirements of Ordinance No 22 to minimize the suffering of animals during slaughter or killing.
The directors of the Pleven, Vidin, Montana, Vratsa, Veliko Tarnovo, Rousse, Shumen, Razgrad, Silistra, Dobrich, Varna and Burgas municipal councils will convene meetings of district and municipal epizootic commissions, including representatives of industry and hunting unions, to take urgent measures to prevent the onset of the disease.
Restriction zones (3 km of safety and 10 km of surveillance zones) have been established, where measures for the control and eradication of ASF have been imposed. They host domestic pigs in "private farm" facilities, there are no industrial and family farms for pigs, as well as Eastern Balkan pigs. The 3-kilometer protection zone provides for the preventive human euthanasia of all domestic pigs. Clinical examinations and laboratory surveillance will be carried out in the settlements covered by the 10-km surveillance zone.
The European Commission has approved the costs that Bulgaria has incurred to combat African swine fever in 2020 and will reimburse 75% of them, the Food Agency reports.
About 3 BGN is the difference in the price of pork compared to last year.
The Bulgarian Food Agency has established consignments of more than 50 tonnes of salmonella-contaminated poultry meat imported from Poland, BNR reported.
The prices of deli meats are expected to rise by over 10%.
More than 40,000 pigs will be put down in Varna, the reason African swine fever case.
Today, part of 24,500 pigs will be humanely killed in at the industrial pig complex Tetrahib AD near the village of Nikola Kozlevo in Shumen.
The euro has been in use since 1999 as a non-cash accounting unit and since 2002 as physical currency.
Farm Sense AD, a long-standing agribusiness company based in the Dobrudja region, has initiated bankruptcy proceedings in the Sofia City Court
Bulgaria’s housing market is experiencing robust growth, driven by strong demand and limited high-quality supply
Public spending in Bulgaria is rising faster than revenues, driving the budget deficit upward, according to participants at the roundtable “Bulgaria’s Fiscal Policy and Sustainable Economic Vision with Eurozone Entry”, organized by the Bulgarian Associati
Prices of essential food products in Bulgaria have risen sharply over the past five years, with the upward trend continuing into 2025, according to data from the National Statistical Institute (NSI).
Pension insurance contributions will not increase in 2026, while pensions themselves will be updated from 1 July under the Swiss indexation formula, resulting in an expected rise of 7–8%.
Bulgaria's Strategic Role in the EU's Drone Wall Defense Initiative
When Politics Means Violence
