The Serbian government has decided to bring the legal level of aflatoxin from the present 0.05 to 0.5 micrograms per kilogram, back to the way it was until 2 years ago, Minister of Agriculture Goran Knezevic said on Thursday.
The government has received opinions from all relevant institutions, the Health Ministry, Military Medical Academy and Batut Institute, that there is no risk for health, he noted.
Those quantities cannot have a negative impact on the people’s health and will allow export of milk to two thirds of the world, he told a news conference.
Production of milk banned at 73 farms
Serbia’s Veterinary Inspectorate has adopted measures banning the production of raw milk at 73 farms totaling 1,382 cattle heads, Serbian Agriculture Minister Goran Knezevic said Thursday.
A total of 48 production batches of milk were pulled from sale, Knezevic told a press conference after a government meeting Thursday.
Over the last ten days, the Veterinary Inspectorate has analyzed a total of 1,180 samples taken during milk purchase by dairies and at cattle feed plants, farms and retail sale facilities, said Knezevic.
Govt adopts regulation on subsidies in agriculture
The Serbian government adopted on Thursday a set of regulations on the distribution of subsidies in agriculture and rural development for 2013, as well as two conclusions for assistance to farms, Minister of Agriculture Goran Knezevic has said.
The regulation on subsidies allows for the start of the distribution of subsidies, while the conclusions include steps for assistance to farms that have been closed temporarily by the veterinary inspection and banned from selling raw milk, he told a news conference.
Farmers will each get 300kg of healthy corn per head of cattle from the commodity reserves, as well as an appropriate amount of zeolite to raise the level of animal feed, and thereby milk, in a short period of time, he pointed out.
Source Tanjug
