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Within a special inspection activity, the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (CAFIA) checked whether operators of restaurants and fast foods indicated untrue or misleading information within their meal offers.  In a total of 110 inspected premises, the inspectors focused in particular on information provided within the meal composition in menus, notice boards or verbally and compared it with the used raw materials and ingredients.

The inspectors detected that untrue or misleading information was provided in 30 premises – thus in 27.3% cases of inspections and the inaccuracy was always to disadvantage of consumers.

The most frequent deficiency detected concerned labelling of milk products – in 27 cases, thus one in four premises inspected. The inspection confirmed unjustified use of terms cheese and cream in meals made of foodstuffs on plant fat and oil basis. The operator usually informed of the use of cream and in fact a supplement for example palm fat, rape, sunflower, soya or maize oil was used together with for example dried milk, dried buttermilk, emulsifier, thickener and stabilizing agents. The deficiency was most frequently found in pizzerias and Italian restaurants misleading as regards cream basis of pizza or sauces. In 5 cases CAFIA detected substitution of cheese by a product based on plant fats and oils.

The inspectors proved misleading use of term “ham” in 3 cases, when the operator used mixed cold meats from leg or shoulder.

The inspections were, inter alia, focused on observance of rules of the use of protected designations of origin (PDO). Term “parmezán” which is reserved for PDO products bearing Parmigiano – Reggiano was used without authorization in 9 cases, i.e. it was not used under defined conditions. Incorrect use of term “Parmská šunka” was also detected in lower extent.

With regard to the unsatisfactory results of the inspections, these activities will continue, in particular as regards labelling of meals in restaurants and other premises of public catering.