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2. INSPECTIONS

2.5 Inspections of the labelling and quality of foodstuffs

Quality

The quality in this report encompasses mandatory or declared analytical quality requirements and sensory quality requirements.

The analytical quality requirements mainly include physical and chemical requirements for quality such as moisture content, ash content, fat content, sugar content, acidity, granulation, or the content of additives. To assess them, suitable laboratory appliances are usually needed.  
In the framework of inspections focused on analytical quality requirements in 2003 the CAFIA found a total of 666 unsatisfactory samples: the highest number in wines (232), potatoes (162), spirits (40) and bakery products (36).

The sensory quality requirements include, for example, foodstuff consistency, structure, colour, taste, or odour. For their checking sensory analysis (conducted at the point of inspection or in the laboratory) is employed.  
In the framework of inspections focused on sensory quality requirements in 2003 the CAFIA found a total of 1943 unsatisfactory samples: the highest number in fresh vegetables (713), fresh fruit (351), wine (252), meat - meat products (118), dairy products (78) and bakery products (63).
 
Labelling

The inspections of the labelling include the checking of the information shown on the packages of foodstuffs and products and the checking of the information related to unpacked foodstuffs (including their expiry dates and best before dates), and possibly the checking of the information in the accompanying documentation.
The inspector checks whether the producer or the seller provides all mandatory data, whether they provide the data in a prescribed way, whether the data provided are correct (or if there is deception), and whether the obligations related to the expiry dates and best before dates are adhered to. 
In the framework of the inspections of the labelling CAFIA inspectors found a total of 1854 unsatisfactory samples, the highest number of them being in fresh vegetables (317), dairy products (218), fresh fruit (191), bakery products (139), meat - meat products (127), spirits (119), chocolates - sweets (116), and wine (105)