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Bulgarian bakery closed because of pictures on Facebook

Thu, Mar 18 2010 12:49 CET 4812 Views 8 Comments
Bulgarian bakery closed because of pictures on Facebook

Photo: Georgi Kozhouharov

A bakery in Bulgaria was temporarily ordered to close because of potential health hazards, after pictures circulated on Facebook revealing that renovation work was occurring during production, Dnevnik daily reported on March 18 2010.

The regional inspectorate for quality control and health care in Gabrovo sent agents to the bakery in Dreyanovo and ordered it closed.

The inspectors came across pictures on the social network site Facebook revealing inadequate quality standards at the facility.

"Simultaneously, the inspectorate received an anonymous tip-off that renovation works were ongoing at the facility in parallel with the production of bread and other food stuffs," Doctor Nanyo Dimov, from the inspectorate, was quoted as saying.

When the authorities surveyed the facility, it was confirmed that, indeed, the bakery was undergoing renovation work. According to Dnevnik, inspectors "did not come across contamination, but ordered the facility closed preemptively nevertheless".

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Anonymous estevens krall Tue, Oct 12 2010 00:28 CET

es justa la razon por la cual se sierra estas panaderias por estar en peligro de contaminacion que probocaria un desastre ambiental y de salu y que puede afectar a la salud de la poblacion

Anonymous esteven krall Tue, Oct 12 2010 00:24 CET

bueno si parece que el producto tiene que estar de acuerdo con la sociedad de en el cual se vive , es tanvien la realidad monetaria que aase que el pueblo se aboque a a una solucion justa y transparente

Anonymous ivaylo chatov Fri, Mar 19 2010 10:44 CET

if the state takes a positive step, it gets sarcastic remarks. if it does not, it takes flak. if it is inactive, then the bulgarians are criticised by all the expats as filthy barbarians. one can never win against the progressive opinions of one's higly enlightened, civilised, and generally wholesome distant cousins from the albion.
why not simply be excited that someone, somewhere, somehow is doing the right thing? surely this is what we all want to see and this is the good governance people have been waiting for, albeit a spec of it. surely we should encourage [...]

Read the full comment the setting of a positive precedent and invite further action in this regard.
dear ms hatton and, I should presume, mr cosmos, one cannot possibly entertain such thoughts as expressed in your comments, after having been brought up around an average english fish-and-chip shop (which is probably no longer english, but indian, pakistani or bangladeshi). I have every sympathy for you to have been expatriated from good old blighty and for having to endure the somewhat chaotic character of the eastern balkans, but I fail to see a measure of constructive input.

Anonymous Noel Fri, Mar 19 2010 07:59 CET

Why don't you just say 'because of photos on the internet'? Screw facebook.

Anonymous Bo Dudek Fri, Mar 19 2010 07:09 CET

@All
But anyway, it's not a bad statement to send, is it? I mean, we all want Bulgaria to change some parts.. and we have to start somewhere ;)

Cheers
Bo Dudek
Webdeveloper

Anonymous Cosmos Thu, Mar 18 2010 21:07 CET

I did not think that the Bulgarians were that fussy about a little dust after all there is dog mess everywhere.

Anonymous Miakel/Sweden Thu, Mar 18 2010 19:57 CET

Thats right Dianne.

Anonymous Dianne Hatton Thu, Mar 18 2010 18:22 CET

Jeesh. If you are going to close down Bulgarian eating establishments due to construction works, dust, filth and dirt that narrows it down to around 95% of all places. Next thing is you'll be banning hopscoth and conkers in schools.


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