BiH’s hesitation turns it into a dumping ground
Delay in implementing big structural changes needed to ensure a safe food supply has put BiH behind other European countries, and consumers suffer as a result.
Incinerator is key to safe food disposal
There’s no clear-cut, easy and safe way to dispose of food products that inspectors find to be contaminated or spoiled.
Consumers don’t get much protection in BIH
If you have a complaint about the quality of the food you eat, you can tell the person who served it that you are not happy, but that’s about it. Consumer protection is mostly an illusion because NGOs are broke and disorganized, inspectors are too busy and courts are overburdened.
CIN has new editors, director
The Center for Investigative Reporting in Sarajevo (CIN) Monday announced the appointment of an all-Bosnian leadership team.
BiH lax on use of low-quality scraps and deboned meat
Low-grade cuts that many countries won’t import cross borders into BiH and end up on the dinner table.
Nobody wants to chase street vendors
Police and Inspectors each say it’s not their job to stop the illegal sale of food outside markets.
No order in border inspections
Poor equipment and disorganized data lets unsafe food into BiH.
The food you eat can make you sick
Nearly half the food tested in a summer-time analysis by laboratory experts was found to be loaded with bacteria, including varieties that cause cramps, vomiting and diarrhea of food poisoning.
Tagging and rangers don’t stop smuggling
Trade in cattle across the borders of BiH is profitable enough to keep smugglers busy despite fears of disease and a contaminated food supply.