EU Healthcare Commissioner John Dalli and Minister of Agriculture and Food Dr. Miroslav Naydenov held a business meeting held at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. At the meeting Minister Naydenov informed the ЕУ Commissioner of the actionс taken by the Bulgarian side on combating the spread of FMD. Commissioner Dalli expressed the EC full satisfaction of Bulgaria’s measures against the FMD outbreakl. He made a commitment to provide financial compensation to the affected farmers under the maximum permitted by the Regulation 60%., However, of Bulgaria will additionally receive a significant financial package for the prevention of animal diseases and the implementation of a system for monitoring and control of epizootic diseases along the Turkish border. As regards the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency, the European Commission will offer technical and expert assistance to secure its activity.
Commissioner John Dalli welcomed the decision of the Bulgarian administration to ban the cultivation of maize MOH 810 throughout the territory of the country.