More than 280 kg of unfit food was seized during checks at Black Sea coast

The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency continues the control over foods on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. After checks in July, 284 kg of food of animal origin were selected for destruction. Establishments on the territory of Varna District are closed due to poor sanitary conditions, the press centre of the agency reported.

Inspections are carried out at food retail establishments, mobile, temporary and seasonal sites, catering establishments, public restaurants, including those located on hotel complexes, tourist sites offering “all inclusive” service, etc. on the territories covered by the State Agency for Agriculture and Rural Development in Varna, Burgas and Dobrich.

The most frequently found irregularieties were the building stock and the equipment; lack of registration, trade in food without identification mark of origin and suitability.

Irregularities have also been found in maintaining the Food Safety Management Systems (not updated in terms of legislation, irregular entries in input control records, failure to implement monitoring programmes for hygiene control and finished product, incorrect labeling).

157 guidelines and 43 acts for establishing administrative violations were issued for the identified irregularities.