The content of the food pack given to blood donors has been changed, by a committee head by Health Minister Ruxanda Glavan.

The new food pack will start being distributed from October.  The basket will contain a liter of sugar free juice, canned meat and fish.

The donors will also get 100 grams of chocolate, 400 grams of halva or 250 grams of dry fruit. The new pack will contain canned vegetables.

The price of the basket has doubled from 50 to 100 lei ($5.)

79,000 blood donations were recorded in Moldova last year.