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They offered a bribe to the head of the Food Safety Agency


The recently appointed head of the BFSA – Prof. Hristo Daskalov


A bribe was offered to the new head of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency, he told BTV he himself, as well as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture. A signal was given to the investigating authorities.

The case dates back to January 19th, and the signal was submitted to the State Agency for National Security, said Deputy Agriculture Minister Ivan Hristanov.

Shortly after the inspection of the control over the import of food from Turkey started at “Kapitan Andreevo”, a man made a proposal to the recently appointed head of the BFSA – Prof. Hristo Daskalov.

“Prof. Daskalov was invited for an interview. During the conversation, he was offered a bribe so that he could keep quiet, not to check, to leave things as they are. Mr. Daskalov politely says that we have to do our homework, and the specific person takes out a folder with money. Prof. Daskalov, of course, politely diverted her, after which we immediately went to the specific service for this kind of intervention, “said Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Ivan Hristanov.

Since January, Prof. Daskalov has been under the supervision of SANS in case he receives a new offer, Hristanov added. Without naming the person with the proposal, he himself confirmed the case.

The director of the BFSA described what the bribe offered to him looked like: “A normal person, a person who has known me for 25 years, I would say. He was a mediator who called me once, called me a second time to talk, because he is a person with a very long administrative experience in this country. “

And how the import of food is controlled through “Kapitan Andreevo”, commented the head of the Prime Minister’s Office in April.

“Shocking! For years, control has been shared with private companies. They collect the fees for the most part for themselves. At the same time, in recent years, not a single animal has stepped into an animal examination room, ”says Lena Borislavova.

So far, there is no evidence whether and to whom exactly the person described in the signal to SANS for bribery of the head of the Food Agency mediated.

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