Bulgaria meets EC laying hen welfare requirements
Bulgaria has fulfilled all requirements of the European Commission (EC) regarding laying hen welfare, the country’s Minister of Agriculture and Food, Miroslav Naydenov announced recently.
Speaking Monday in the central town of Veliko Tarnovo, he boasted that Bulgaria had managed to meet the end-June deadline set by the EC and would not face sanctions.
“Staring Monday, all poultry farms in Bulgaria are raising happy hens and we met the deadline we were given earlier,” the Agriculture Minister stated, reiterating that Bulgaria would not be penalised by the EC. “Humane treatment is important because it brings high quality meat and eggs to consumers,” he added.
Bulgaria currently has a total of 122 poultry farms which raise 2.33 million hens.
Source: Novinite
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