Polish eggs on the holiday table in Bulgaria. Local food in … – Virtual Poland

On Easter tables in Bulgaria will be in this year’s early vegetables Greek, Turkish tomatoes, eggs Polish, Macedonian or New Zealand lamb and potatoes French . National food, once known and exported as if she disappeared.

Traders, however, will ensure that the memories of it remained, because they know that the best selling products with “Bulgarian”, but often can come Imported.

The fact that food is a foreign makes Bulgaria too suffered by the Russian sanctions related to the conflict in Ukraine. According to the Minister of Agriculture Desisławy Tanew these losses amounted to 12 million leva to date (6 million), and serious damage to the Bulgarian producers mainly due to the increased influx of imported goods on the domestic market.

– Data on imported food country are downright scary – he said at a meeting in the Ministry of Agriculture head of the association “Made in Bulgaria” Lukan Łukanow. 65 per cent. food is imported, including as much as 85 percent. meat. These are the figures from three years ago, now the situation is even worse – adds Łukanow, demanding halving of VAT on food and the introduction of tariffs on its imports.

After the meeting, the Ministry of Agriculture of Bulgaria appointed council. Food whose goal is to “rebirth of the traditional production of vegetables and fruits” and support from national producers of crops and livestock. Nowadays, even the production of traditional Bulgarian delicacy, lutenicy, or paste with red peppers and tomatoes, used Chinese tomato puree.

The Ministry of Agriculture has promised to enhanced scrutiny of eggs sold before Easter. Undergo a thorough inspection feature These imported from Polish. According to the Union president Dmitri poultry producers Stoimenowa they come from untrusted sources and are imported illegally on the basis of forged documents.

– Customers should buy Bulgarian eggs because they are safe, are derived from vaccinated chickens – he said. History repeats this for years and years there is also the seizures of large batches of eggs, but the market accepts the production of cheaper imports.

reprywatyzowano Agricultural Land in Bulgaria in 1990. The beginning of political transformation did not favor the farmers, the people left the village, arable land lay fallow. Later the land buy up large companies that have begun to grow corn and to a lesser extent, the vines. According to experts, 20 companies are currently involved in more than 30 percent. agricultural land, and 8 percent. owner receives practically all EU agricultural subsidies.

Bulgaria was once Europe’s first producer of tomatoes. Today – according to experts – the authorities find it easier to make decisions about the “rebirth of the Bulgarian tomato” than the realization of these plans in the current environment. Pepper, called rural, and disappears together with folks who sold it at the fair. At least the traditional Christmas cake for Easter tables in Bulgaria will not be imported.