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From the beginning of this year the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority has tightened the control activities focusing on true labelling of meat products in the market. At the turn of January and February the CAFIA inspectors took 65 samples of different products containing meat in shops at the entire territory of the Czech Republic. The results of analytical laboratory tests showed that 9 of the products contained beef muscle, which was not declared on the product labelling. Six of those samples came from domestic producers; the remaining three were of foreign origin.

In compliance with Act No. 110/1997 Coll. of L., in its valid wording, on Food and Tobacco Products and its implementation decrees, the producer or he who releases the foodstuff in circulation, is obliged to provide true information about the ingredients added to a product, i.e., what kinds of meat the particular product contains. Otherwise the producer cheats on the customer, which can be considered as "adulteration".

According to the words of Jakub Šebesta, General Director of the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority, consumers have the right to receive truthful and complete information in order to be able to decide which product to buy or not. In respect of the occurrence of BSE in the EU countries, Mr. Šebesta considers the false labelling thoughtless and irresponsible to consumers.

Within the scope of cooperation between the inspection bodies, CAFIA has supplied the State Veterinary Service with protocols of the identified adulteration.