Moldova’s national veterinary agency ANSA has halted all poultry imports from Ukraine following the discovery of metronidazole contamination in a shipment of Ukrainian products, believed to be animal feed.
The import prohibition went into effect on January 26th, with officials citing “deficiencies in the exporting country’s veterinary drug certification and control system” as the primary justification for the trade restriction.
The detection of metronidazole traces in the Ukrainian poultry products prompted immediate action from Moldovan authorities, who moved quickly to protect their domestic food supply chain from potentially unsafe imports.
