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The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (CAFIA) pays an intensive attention to inspections of not only safety but also quality of foodstuffs on the market and has currently banned a lot of imported prosciutto crudo with a meat content about a quarter lower than the information on the labelling.

CAFIA ordered company Lidl Česká republika v.o.s. to immediately withdraw ITALIAMO Prosciutto Crudo from its entire market network by 19. 10. 2023, lot designation: FA2320201, Producer: Filiera Uno prosciutti S.r.l. – Via Jacopo Pirona, 15, IT 33038 San Daniele del Friuli (UD), Wlochy, country of origin: Italy.

The producer stated on the labelling, inter alia, that “100 g of ham was made from 194 g of pork leg.” However, laboratory analysis confirmed that 100 g of ham was made from 143 g of meat only. The consumer was thus given misleading information as regards the actual proportion of meat.

CAFIA will initiate an administrative procedure on imposition of a fine with the person inspected.

In the case of dried meat products, the weight of meat is always stated in raw state, therefore the meat content of this commodity is always higher than the final product in dried state.

Article by: Bc. Marek Bartík – Officer for Media Communication

5^th October 2023