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BFSA sends sheep and goat plague samples to Montpellier laboratory for confirmation

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Food Safety Agency (BFSA) has now sent samples from herds found to have peste des petits ruminants (PPR) to the reference laboratory in Montpellier, France, for confirmation as a measure to increase public confidence in the work of the institutions. 
The Executive Director of the BFSA, Svetlozar Patarinski, stressed that only the national reference laboratories of the EU Member States are authorised to send samples to Montpellier for confirmation. The BFSA management assured that the Agency will continue to strictly follow all requirements of European and national legislation in the disease investigation process.



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