Annual Report 2001

02/01/2002
 

The controls of labelling of the packed and unpacked food include also findings whether the label contains data required by the respective legislation and whether such data are specified as required. Furthermore, they include results of inspections of the minimum dates of use and minimum dates of durability. Inspections focusing on the identification of food adulterations represent a very extensive and professionally very challenging activity.

Within the scope of the controls of labelling carried out in 2001 CAFIA identified altogether 5,984 samples of nonconforming foodstuffs, the highest number occurring in fresh vegetables (1,112), liquors (709), fresh fruit (624), bakery products (536) and meat - meat products (393).

Food labelling is closely related to the requirements (analytic and sensory) for food quality. Providing of false data on the food properties can be qualified as deception of consumers. The qualitative analytic requirements are e.g. the contents of raw material, water activity, granulation, weight, humidity, contents of alcohol and many others - depending on a commodity or a specific foodstuff. When performing controls of analytic requirements altogether 1,368 nonconforming food samples were identified, of which the highest number of samples was detected in wine (377), potatoes (341) and liquors (113). 

 The qualitative sensory requirements include e.g. non-freshness, withering, mechanical damage, aroma, taste, look, etc. - again in dependence on a commodity or a specific foodstuff. During analyses of those requirements the total of 4,350 food samples were evaluated as nonconforming, the highest number being detected in fresh vegetables (1,881), fresh fruit (902) and wine (384).

microbiological evalution of samples by the individual groups of food