NEWS 108 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE December 2025 Invest Moldova unveiled a landmark achievement for the country’s agri-food sector: Axedum, a family-run enterprise from Anenii Noi, became the first Moldovan poultry producer officially authorized to export to the European Union. Invest Moldova views the milestone as a reflection of the growing impact of Moldova’s national efforts to modernize its production ecosystem and integrate more deeply into European value chains. Invest Moldova states that Axedum’s success is a clear demonstration of how targeted guidance, investor-facing support, and market expansion initiatives can translate into tangible results for Moldova’s private sector. It also showcases the country’s capacity to meet the EU’s strict food safety, traceability, and quality requirements—an essential criterion for the country’s long-term export diversification agenda. Founded by Natalia and Sergiu Paladi, Axedum has evolved from a small family farm into a modern, EU-compliant production facility. According to the statement, the company’s milestone reinforces the role of local producers in positioning Moldova as a reliable destination for high-standard agri-food goods. Read more>> One of the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification companies, SGS urged seafood producers to be vigilant in the monitoring and control of antibiotic and drug residue contamination in their products. With the intensification of aquaculture for shrimp, salmon, trout, tilapia, catfish and other finfish, disease management has become a critical concern. Many aquatic diseases are caused not by bacteria, but by viruses, parasites, fungi or multifactorial conditions that suppress immunity. Despite this, antibiotics are often misused – posing serious risks to public health and the environment through antimicrobial resistance and contamination. Underscoring growing concern over drug contamination in aquaculture products, the European Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) has reported a sharp rise in notifications related to prohibited substances or residues exceeding maximum residue limits (MRLs) in seafood. In the first ten months of 2025 alone, RASFF recorded 26 notifications involving drug residues. This follows a 50% increase in such alerts in 2024 compared to 2023. EU Regulations 37/2010 and 470/2018 prohibit the use of chloramphenicol and nitrofurans – antibiotics reserved for human medicine – and Regulation 2019/1871 bans carcinogenic triphenylmethane dyes such as malachite green and crystal violet. While quinolones, tetracyclines, amphenicols and sulfonamides remain widely used in aquaculture, ensuring compliance requires technical expertise, especially when some residues may originate from natural sources or cross-contamination. Read more>> SGS urges vigilance on antibiotic residues in seafood Moldovan poultry producer secures EU export approval Photo: Invest Moldova Photo: SGS
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