BULGARIA CENTRE OF FOOD, DRINK FRAUD ALLEGATIONS
March 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLNEW European Union (EU) member state Bulgaria is at the centre of two food and drink fraud allegations. The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States wants further action over counterfeit spirits from Bulgaria. It has welcomed increased seizures - 1,296 cases of fake US whiskeys in 2006, compared with 284 in 2005, for instance. However, it wants anti-counterfeiting regulations clarified, and Bulgaria to "streamline" complaints procedures and boost "police resources to fight counterfeiting". Meanwhile, EU anti-fraud office OLAF helped uncover ...
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