Balgarianovinite.com The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) will strengthen veterinary and phytosanitary control at the Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint on the border with Turkiye with support from the European Commission, the BFSA press office said on Monday. It noted that experts from other EU member states are expected to assist their Bulgarian colleagues at what is the busiest land border crossing in Europe by employing on-site monitoring, exchange of good practices, and joint training.
The matter was discussed during an online meeting between the BFSA management and representatives of Unit G4: Official Controls at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety.
The BFSA stressed that control at the Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint is key to the security of the EU internal market, as animals, food, feed, and plants destined for all member states pass through the crossing.
BFSA Executive Director Angel Mavrovski said that despite improvements following the European Commission’s audit in 2025, the systemic risk at the checkpoint remains high. He said that the main problems include the risk of unregulated influence due to private entities operating in control areas, insufficient capacity of the facilities during peak periods, and issues with maintaining the animal zones.
The BFSA also points to shortcomings in identification and physical checks for certain categories of goods, as well as risks of external interference in official control and manipulation of analytical results.
DG Health and Food Safety expresses readiness to support the effort through short-term expert missions and the creation of a joint working group with inspectors from various member states. Options for a longer-term presence of European specialists at the checkpoint are also being discussed.
The BFSA notes that future measures include building its own secure infrastructure for official control, which would not be managed by private parties, as well as a comprehensive assessment of operational processes and their compliance with European requirements for independence and impartiality. EU to Help Bulgaria Tighten Veterinary and Phytosanitary Control at Kapitan Andreevo Border Checkpoint 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-05-11 11:20:28 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law