By Tony Goodger, head of marketing and communications, AIMS It is very nearly twenty years since Bulgaria joined the European Union. Unlike many EU member states Bulgaria does have a border with non-member states such as Türkiye, Serbia and North Macedonia. Novinite, the Bulgarian news agency recently reported that officers from the country’s customs agency working with the Border Control Directorate of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency had seized an illegal shipment of 1.5 tonnes poultry at the “Kapitan Andreevo” border checkpoint. The poultry was wrapped in plastic and packed into 80 cardboard boxes and was  hidden in a minibus…