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.

Czech Agricultural and Food Inspection Authority in cooperation with the Customs Office in Liberec succeeded in revealing a consignment of tea originating in China which contained plants banned for foodstuffs.

The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) was launched 30 years ago. The system has undergone many modifications during this time; it was influenced by development of communication networks and by enlargement of the European Union as well. However, the principle remained the same. Countries which are involved in the system mutually exchange information related to dangerous food and feed present on the European market. When one of the network members detects a dangerous foodstuff on its territory and there is only a suspicion that it might have been distributed to another country, he must promptly notify that country through the system. An authority in charge of that country can then take immediate measures necessary for protection of the consumers‘ health.