Albania blocks flour from Kosovo

The Albanian authorities stopped 135 tons of flour that was coming from Kosovo, because the lot had not certification for the tests of aflatoxine. 

This took place one day after the Kosovo Customs returned 23 tons of Albanian milk.

The Albanian authorities declared that the Kosovan good had no certifications for the exact quantity of aflatoxine.

The Ministry of Agriculture released an order that obliges the flour producers to make the aflatoxine tests.

“The goods will be blocked until the tests will come from Prishtina. Even after the tests will arrive, we will have to make our own tests, according to the rules”, declared Bilbil Myftari, director of the National Food Authority in Kukes.

They say that Albanian imports 2000 tons of flour each year from Kosovo. Kosovo is the main exporter of flour to Albania, with Serbia coming right after.