Bulgaria's Food Safety Agency to Operate from 2011

The Bulgarian Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov has announced that the Food Safety Agency will begin operating from January 1, 2011. Photo by BGNES

Bulgaria's Food Safety Agency is scheduled to begin operating on January 1, 2011, the Bulgarian Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov has announced.

Naydenov explained Thursday that the agency will have 28 regional centers around the country.

The minister has stated that the new agency will include the currently existing National Veterinary Service, National Plant Protection Service, National Grain and Grain Products Service, and this part of the public health body RIOKOZ that is responsible for the food safety.

The members of the new agency, together with the regional structures, are expected to be 400 less than the members of the four services that existed until now. Naydenov has explained that the reason for this is the reduction of the repeating units.

"At the moment we are working on a bill for the Food Safety Agency and on the rules for its operation," Naydenov said, adding that the head of the new agency would be appointed by the Council of Ministers.

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