The Romanian farmers produce quality chicken, and 40% of the chicken meat goes to France, which means it is of quality, stated on Friday the minister of agriculture, Florin Barbu, asked about the scandal of the ‘ painted chicken’.He added that, in his opinion, the competent control institutions involved should present to the public the certificate and the results of the analyses they have done in laboratories for this type of chicken. The Minister of Agriculture visited on Friday, together with the manager of the University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Catalin Cirstoiu, the candidate of the PSD-PNL Coalition for the elections for the Mayor of Bucharest, the fair to promote Romanian products in the courtyard of Agriculture ministry. The president of the National Authority for Consumer Protection (ANPC), Horia Constantinescu, warned on Wednesday about the marketing of "yellowed" chickens to appear healthier, saying he would inform all institutions that can verify how this situation came about. "We are facing a serious attack on the safety of each and every one of us: chickens yellowed to look better, stuffed with dangerous strains of salmonella. This is what I call a 'tasty' dish. Today, we will send information to absolutely every institution that can verify how this situation came about and who covered up the truth," the ANPC chief wrote on his Facebook page. On the same day, the vice-president of the National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority (ANSVSA), Danut Pale, underlined that public outbursts about food safety without waiting for the analyses from authorised laboratories only create a problem for the authorities, consumers and the poultry farming industry in Romania. "It really created a tremendous emotional state, but unfortunately these are the practices. The yellow chicken has been around since the bird first appeared on earth. In this area, for some time now, the method of breeding has changed. Indeed, both natural pigments that we find in maize and alfalfa, but also synthetic pigments that give that yellow colour, but which have been approved by the regulatory authority and are used in bird feed (...) These are regulated things, normal things, probably now some institutions have discovered this. If he (ANPC president n.r.) knows that there is this danger, he had the possibility, because he is part of the European alert system, to take samples, to raise in that alert system and then all the institutions were notified, especially ANSVSA, and a very well regulated protocol was put in place, with the blocking of those products, with controls from the farm to the economic agent who put such products on sale", explained on Wednesday the ANSVSA vice-president.
MedLife, Romania’s largest private medical services network, announced on Wednesday, December 10, that it reached a market capitalization of EUR 1 billion on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB). The milestone secures its position as “the most valuable healthcare company” in the country. The achievement came nine years after MedLife’s listing on BVB in December 2016, […]
The Buzău Land UNESCO Global Geopark in Romania has become a “living laboratory” this week as a team of American researchers arrived to study microorganisms capable of surviving in extreme environments. The scientists, part of the interdisciplinary research organisation The Two Frontiers Project, are examining methane seeps, sulfur and petroleum springs, saline sources, and other […]
A moose has been unexpectedly spotted in the Hunedoara county area, specialists from the conservation group Rewilding Romania announced on Wednesday, December 10, sharing footage of the animal on social media. The sighting is considered “an important discovery for Romania’s wildlife,” though experts caution that it remains unclear how the animal reached this region. According […]
Trade unionists will continue to require the Presidential Administration to mediate the conflict with the government on issues such as the minimum wage or the collective labour agreement, said Bogdan Hossu, president of the Cartel Alfa trade union confederation, as reported by
Prime minister Ilie Bolojan said on Wednesday, December 10, that Romania’s state budget for 2026 will be adopted only at the end of January, citing the need for Parliament to first approve legislation required to ensure predictability and compliance with the country’s deficit targets. His comments came as the government has been working to align […]
Bosch announced that its Global Business Services centre in Romania, at Timisoara, plans to reduce approximately 510 positions of the existing 1,800 by the end of 2030 as part of a cost-cutting plan that aims to lay off 13,000 employees worldwide across the entire group. The company cited “stagnant demand for services” and “productivity potentials […]
