This year's season of half-fermented wine is already finished as according to the law, this beverage may be sold only until the end of November. The last but one results of this year revealed three further cases of adulterated half-fermented wine.

The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority banned sale of Vietnamese instant noodles as laboratory tests revealed that these noodles contained aluminium in the amount exceeding the limits set by the Ministry of Health for similar sorts of pasta.

One of the controls of Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority was especially aimed at packed filled baguettes, sandwiches and rolls which are offered to consumers at petrol stations, stands at stations, in small delicatessens or even in shops with different range than foodstuffs where baguettes are sold only as complementary goods.

The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (CAFIA) in cooperation with the Customs Administration of the Czech Republic checked a twenty-tonne consignment of Chinese raisins even before the entry onto the European market.

The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority has further results of analyses of this year's half fermented wine or partially fermented grape must available. The latter differs from half fermented wine by the only fact that it was made of grapes that were not grown in the Czech Republic.

As in previous years, the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority has been carrying out inspections of half fermented wine sale in the course of the whole sale period, duration of which is defined by law – thus from 1 August to 30 November. Among others, inspectors have been checking hygiene conditions at the place of sale as well as documentation related to the sale of half fermented wine. Labelling is also under control; the seller has to label the product correctly with its name and name of producer. The labelling ‘half fermented wine with added water’ is not acceptable according to law.

The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority pays a constant attention to inspections of food supplements. Within a targeted inspection, 102 food supplements which in certain regard did not comply with requirements of legislation were revealed in the previous year. This way, already 52 non-complying supplements were detected this year.

Laboratory analyses proved presence of a dangerous substance in another food supplement intended for enhancing potency which originated in China. This time the food supplement Sagirra was concerned, sold in small plastic bottles containing four pills. The expiry date of the identified unwholesome batch is September 2011.

The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority banned the sale of several batches of noodles imported from China to the Czech Republic by company F.W.Tandoori, Ltd. This kind of pasta contained levels of aluminium which exceeded the limits set by the Ministry of Health for similar cases. The ban applies to following products and batches:

The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority ordered to withdraw product Jádra lískových ořechů neloupaná – Hazelnut kernels non-peeled (packaging a 200g, best before: 30 September 2009, batch identification: L 66072) from circulation. Presence of mould detected by CAFIA inspectors was the reason for this.