Biological food safety and health policy in this field

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Abstract

The article describes the activities and achievements in preserving the biological safety of food in Bulgaria and in particular in the field of food microbiology over a long period of time. The changes in the health policy in this field of public health after the accession of our country to the EU are evaluated based on concrete examples from the practice of control. The negatives from the transfer of the specific medical supervision over the safety to the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency are indicated. The end result is the loss of the positions of the Ministry of Health in the field of control of the biological value and safety of food, the diagnosis and prevention of food diseases, and the prevention of longtime side effect such as chronic non communicable diseases as a result of food staff and nutrition habit.