The Government of the CR issued on 2^nd October 2014 Regulation No. 211/2014 that, inter alia, orders the food business operators to inform the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (CAFIA) on their imports of certain sorts of fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and potatoes. The Regulation concerns only foodstuffs imported into the CR with the aim of further sale or processing on the territory of the Czech Republic, not the foodstuffs destined outside the CR. The operator has to inform the relevant CAFIA Inspectorate 48 hours before the foodstuffs are delivered at the latest.

The operators can send the information as a table “Nahlášení potravin-formulář” which is, together with further detailed information, available on the CAFIA websites where also an on‑line form will be launched in the next few days in order to facilitate the notification process.