1. CAFIA Inspections – Principles
2. Specimen of the Inspector's Service Card
3. Check of Traceability
4. CAFIA procedures for check of labelling of unpackaged cut meat products
5. CAFIA procedures for check of the statement of composition of alcoholic drinks
6. CAFIA procedures for check of lots of alcoholic spirits
7. CAFIA procedures for check of labelling of frozen vegetable mixtures
8. Procedures for check of food with a protected designation - Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), Protected Geographical Indication (PGI), Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG)
9. CAFIA procedures for check of the PGI Czech Beer
10. List of barley varieties suitable for producing malt for brewing Czech beer
11. List of breweries using the PGI designation" Czech beer"
12. CAFIA procedures for check of PGI “Valašský frgál”
13. CAFIA procedures for check of sale of foodstuffs by citizens of other EU member states on the territory of the Czech Republic
14. Inspection of fresh fruit and vegetables
15. Cross compliance check

On 1^st July 2009, Decree No.169/2009 Coll., which amended Decree No. 326/2001 Coll., for meat, meat products, fish, other aquatic animals and their products, eggs and their products, as amended by later regulations, came into effect. This amendment includes a number of modifications, so our Authority decided to give its opinion on the application of at least one of the amended points during control activities - the provisions of § 15 Paragraph 1 - which now states that:

"Unwrapped cut meat products must be sold within 24 hours after cutting. For consumers, the packaging date and time when they were cut, must be stated on the packaging."

The provisions of the second sentence of § 15 Paragraph 1 of the said Decree "For the consumer, the packaging date and time of cutting must be stated on the packaging" will not be enforced by CAFIA when inspecting food retail operators.

In the case that unwrapped food is offered for sale, Act No. 110/1997 Coll., On Foodstuffs and Tobacco Products, as amended, does not stipulate the material in which the foodstuff must be wrapped (bag, paper, film, etc.) when it is passed from the seller to the customer, meaning that the labelling of the packaging with information laid down by this law and the requirements of the aforementioned Decree go beyond the rules on the Act on Foodstuffs.

According to § 8, Paragraph 2, the operator, where the food is offered for sale directly to the consumer, must display at least a written statement pursuant to § 6, Paragraph 1, Point. b), c), d) or e), k), l) and n), and other information required by the implementing legislation in a visible place. Therefore, this duty does not extend to labelling the food packaging.