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The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (CAFIA) monitors, among others, the content of radionuclides in food. In the Czech Republic, such monitoring is conducted within the framework of a nationwide Radiation Monitoring Network, part of which are also other organizations in addition to the Food Inspection Authority, in particular the State Office for Nuclear Safety, the State Veterinary Administration, and some others. Besides soil, water and air, comprehensive monitoring includes the whole food chain – plants, feed, animals, water, and food.

By the end of last year, the CAFIA inspectors had randomly sampled 28 different foods and certain crops for this purpose (potatoes, corn, vegetables and fruit) for which radionuclide content was measured in the laboratories of the State Veterinary Institute. The content is determined by measuring the activity of radionuclide 137Cs (caesium 137). Although the permitted limit is very strict, it has not been exceeded in any case. The nationwide Radiation Monitoring Network is not governed by Community law; it is, however, in the interest of the precautionary principle governed by national regulation.

Under the European regulations, radioactivity of wild mushrooms and products thereof that are imported to the EU from third countries is monitored. However, the limits have not been exceeded even in a sample of frozen mushrooms imported from Ukraine.

According to the information of the State Office for Nuclear Safety, Caesium 137 and some other artificial radionuclides are monitored in the environment in connection with the consequences of the Chernobyl accident in 1986, and partially, even though to an almost insignificant degree, in connection with the consequences of nuclear weapon testing in the fifties and sixties of last century.

At present, there is not, however, any reason to be concerned.