A senior Lithuanian veterinary official has played down Belgium's suspicions that African swine fever (ASF) could have been brought to the country from the Baltic states as just "a hypothesis".
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The sale of "soup-tasting“ Kinder chocolate eggs, brought into Lithuania from Poland by Lithuanian company Eugesta, has been banned by the country's State Food and Veterinary Service.
Lithuania has, so far, achieved modest results in combating bribery in international business transactions, but the country has taken significant steps to improve these efforts, Transparency International said in a report published on Wednesday.
Lithuania's Ministry of Agriculture plans to allocate 3 million euros for measures aimed at encouraging farmers to renounce pig farming.
Listeria-tainted frozen vegetables, produced by Polish company Greenyard Frozen Poland, are being removed from the Lithuanian market. Vegetable mixes were supplied to the Lithuanian market for at least two years.
Vilnius Regional Administrative Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal of the State Food and Veterinary Service's former chief Jonas Milius over his dismissal.
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius is paying a working visit to Saudi Arabia on Monday through Friday.
The dismissal of Jonas Milius from the post of Lithuania's chief veterinary officer was in line with the country's Organic Law, the Constitutional Court ruled on Friday, however, the grounds behind the dismissal will yet be discussed by the Vilnius court that had turned to the Constitutional Court f...
There is no evidence of poorer quality of food products supplied to countries in Central and Eastern Europe, says Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, European commissioner from Lithuania in charge of health and food safety.
Russia has cooperate with Lithuania in its call for legal assistance in the case of violations possibly committed by Judex, a Kaunas-based frozen food company, and actions of veterinary authorities.
Lawmakers of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) are initiating an ad-hoc parliamentary inquiry commission to look into why food products sold in Lithuania differ from the same branded goods sold in other EU countries.
Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas thinks that the European Union should ban international corporations from using different recipes for food products that are sold in Eastern Europe under the same brand names as in Western Europe.
The Lithuanian Prosecutor General's Office has turned to Russia with a request for legal assistance in the case of violations possibly committed by Judex, a Kaunas-based frozen food company, and actions of veterinary authorities, however, have not received a response for a long time.
About 50 protesters gathered outside the office of the Lithuanian State Food and Veterinary Service on Thursday morning, calling for more attention to animal rights.
The Vilnius Regional Administrative Court decided on Thursday to ask for the Constitutional Court's opinion on whether Jonas Milius was lawfully dismissed as director of the State Food and Veterinary Service (SFVS).
The Lithuanian Cabinet on Wednesday decided to sack Jonas Milius, the head of the State Food and Veterinary Service, the prime minister's spokesman Mindaugas Janulionis told journalists at the government.
The Lithuanian government is planning to dismiss Jonas Milius, director of the State Food and Veterinary Service (SFVS), from the job, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Thursday.
After repeated tests did not reveal any bacteria, the Lithuanian State Food and Veterinary Service (VMVT) on Tuesday allowed the Kaunas-based frozen food product company Judex, which is subject to a law-enforcement investigation, to resume production.
Jonas Milius, the head of the Lithuanian State Food and Veterinary Service, said on Monday that the agency was among the best agencies of this type in Europe.
Lithuania's State Food and Veterinary Service (VMVT) said on Thursday that it has found salmonella in samples of Liuks dumplings made by Judex, a Kaunas-based frozen food product company.
