Inspectors of the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority in Plzeň carried out an inspection at the storehouse with foodstuffs in Hroznětín. The inspection was carried out in the presence of the Police of the CR. Due to detected serious deficiencies, CAFIA banned on the spot using of these premises for storing and also banned marketing of the foodstuffs that were stored there.

The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority found bacteria listeria monocytogenes in an official sample of halibut smoked with cold smoke.

The National Reference Laboratory for E. coli and shigella of the National Institute of Public Health in Prague finished today the laboratory analysis of bacteria Escherichia coli detected by the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority during official inspection in bottled water with trade name "Aquila Aqualinea" in the lot with best before date by 20.5.2012.

During the official control in the market chain inspectors of the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (CAFIA) found a non-compliant sample of a product with the commercial name “AQUILA AQUALINEA non-carbonated, spring water”, best before date 20.5.12

Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority has ordered to withdraw from circulation some batches of products that contained pine nuts. According to the inspectors´ findings, their consumption caused so-called "pine mouth syndrome",i.e. taste disturbance that can last for several days or weeks after consumption.

The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (CAFIA) does not recommend that consumers use foodstuff with trade name “BSN Thermonex foundation 120 cps” produced by company Bio-Engineered Supplements & Nutrition. The preparation originating from the USA is intended for specific nutrition for sportspeople. The risk consists in excessive amount of octopamine in the recommended daily dosage.

The German side announced that analyses of bio-cucumbers that had been delivered also to Czech company Country Life revealed two cases of bacteria Escherichia Coli producing shiga-toxin (STEC), however, not type O 104 : H4, which is the originator of the outbreak spreading from the territory of the Northern Germany.