The Ministry of Agriculture and Food proposes to limit the water content in white brine cheese. This became clear at the seventh meeting of the National Food Council, which was chaired by the Minister of Agriculture and Food, Dr. Georgi Tahov. The meeting was also attended by the Deputy Chairman of the Council Atanas Urdzhanov, the Chief State Health Inspector Dr. Angel Kunchev, the Deputy Minister of Economy and Industry Nikolay Pavlov, the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Policy Rumyana Petkova, representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Environment and Water, the Executive Director of the Bulgarian Food and Agriculture Organization Dr. Svetlozar Patarinski, the Executive Director of the Bulgarian Food and Agriculture Organization Dr. Koycho Koev, as well as experts from the Bulgarian Food and Agriculture Organization and the Bulgarian Food and Agriculture Organization.
The participants discussed the opinions received on the proposed amendment to the Regulation on the specific requirements for dairy products related to the maximum water content in white brine cheese. In order to protect the interests of consumers who purchase such a product, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food proposes to introduce an upper limit for water content that should not exceed 65 percent.
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Dr. Georgi Tahov stated that all participants in the agri-food chain must strive for the most important goal, namely protecting the interests of consumers, including good practices for fair trade in food.
Several strategic documents were approved at the meeting: Annual Report on the Status of the “Food“ Sector for 2021 and 2022, Annual Work Program of the Council in 2025, and analyses were made on the implementation of a number of regulations.
The participants in the meeting were also informed about the current status of the procedure for entry in the registers of producers of the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) “Bulgarian Yogurt“ and PDO “Bulgarian White Pickled Cheese“. So far, a total of 32 producers have been registered in the register of the PDO “Bulgarian Yogurt“, and a total of 26 in the register of the PDO “Bulgarian White Pickled Cheese“.