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Agricultural producers

List of registered agricultural producers: The Ministry of Agriculture and Food shall provide monthly to the Bulgaria Food Safety Agency a list of agricultural producers, performing activities falling into the scope of article 9 of EC Regulation 183/2005 for operations at the level of primary production of feed and the associated operations set out in article 5, para. 1 of EC Regulation 183/2005. The list shall be published in the Internet by the Bulgaria Food Safety Agency.

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Transporters of feed

Registration of feed transporters: The transportation of feed shall be carried out by registered transporters only.

Registration body: The transporter is required to file an application for registration with the director of the regional directorate of the food safety agency.

Changes to circumstances: Upon changes of circumstances the transporters shall notify in writing the director of the regional directorate of the food safety agency within 3 days of their occurrence.

Documents accompanying transport: The feed transport has to be accompanies by a document stating:

• name and address of transporter;
• location of trade/production establishment;
• origin of transported feed;
• quantity, type and destination of feed;

Registers of transporters: The register of transporter shall be kept by the regional directorate of food safety agency. The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency shall keep a national register of transporters

Dossiers: The regional directorate of the food safety agency shall keep dossiers of the transporters.

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Operator having no warehouse

Subject to registration and inscription (respectively to approval and registration) shall be operators, which in conducting their activities do not store feed at a warehouse but trade directly from the warehouse of the producers and/or traders to the warehouses of the consumers.

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Operators placing on the marker fee with GMOs

New obligations: New obligations are provided for operators placing on the market feed containing GMOs. (see articles 23 г – 23 ж).

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