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Pavel Telička, the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to European Communities and first Czech EuroCommissioner, in the company of his designate Head of Cabinet, Alexander Italianer, visited today the Headquarters of the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (CAFIA) in Brno. He was particularly interested in the food inspection system in the Czech Republic, in CAFIA´s co-operation with European authorities and some changes which will come as of 1 May, after the accession of the CR to the EU. He discussed in details the problems of “adulteration”, in particular from the view of misleading nutritional values quoting on the packaging. He took an exceptional heed of the issues of consumers´ knowledgeability and their awareness of food safety and quality. According to Telička´s declaration he is going to take interest in these problems in his future post.

Pavel Telička also discussed some issues regarding the consumer protection, CAFIA international activities and its experience with a link with Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF). This system is based in the Directorate-General Health and Consumer Protection (DG SANCO), falling within the competence of the Commissioner David Byrne to whom will be Mr. Telička twinned as of 1 May.

The Head of Telička´s Cabinet, Alexander Italianer, showed an interest in Authority´s readiness for the accession to the EU. He was assured that CAFIA has been systematically preparing for this step for several years. According to the CAFIA´s General Director, Mr. Jakub Šebesta, they are prepared for all new tasks which will emerge from the amendatory Act on Food, as soon as it is definitely adopted.

Pavel Telička has already made more precise CAFIA´s acquaintance at the end of this year´s March. At that time the delegation of regional directors visited during a study trip organised within the project Phare, the Headquarters of the Standing Mission of the CR in Brussels. Information of CAFIA representatives so held Telička´s interest that he took advantage of today´s visit for further acqaintance with this issue, which he will be dealing with as of 1 May. At the close of this meeting he asked CAFIA representatives for future co-operation.

Photo: Shots from the visit of Pavel Telička, first Czech EuroCommissioner,  in company of his designate Head of Cabinet, Alexander Italianer, at the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (CAFIA) Headquarters, Brno.
(Source: CAFIA)