National Food Authority

Slovenia pulls Albanian red peppers from market over pesticide levels

Slovenia has withdrawn a shipment of red peppers imported from Albania after tests showed excessive pesticide residues, continuing a series of recent bans on Albanian produce in the region. Why...

Albanian food safety authority blocks shipment of contaminated Brazilian chicken

The National Food Authority (AKU) has blocked a large shipment of 18.5 tons of imported chicken from Brazil after tests detected the presence of Salmonella Typhimurium, a bacterium that poses...