cs Current information CAFIA dmx:GetUrlBase() traces2rss.xsl https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/cafia-detained-18-tons-of-peanuts-at-the-border.aspx https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/cafia-detained-18-tons-of-peanuts-at-the-border.aspx Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority in collaboration with the Customs Administration in Prague detained a dangerous consignment of peanuts at the border. 2008-12-22T12:58:00+01:00 https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/cafia-gained-two-projects-in-the-last-call-of-transition-facility-programme.aspx https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/cafia-gained-two-projects-in-the-last-call-of-transition-facility-programme.aspx Even the increased number of interested subjects of public administration could not prevent the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority from successful gaining two grants from remaining financial resources of the EU Transition Facility programme. This programme was established to help accessing countries in areas where the administrative and institutional capacity was not sufficient so far in comparison with existing member countries. Originally, the programme was intended for 3 years only, but the European Commission enabled its extension until 2008. 2008-12-19T14:33:00+01:00 https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/czech-agriculture-and-food-inspection-authority-defended-the-iso-9001-2001-certificate.aspx https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/czech-agriculture-and-food-inspection-authority-defended-the-iso-9001-2001-certificate.aspx The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority has obtained the certificate of quality management system for “Performance of activities of administrative authority carrying out state supervision in the field of foodstuffs and selected products“ already in 2005. 2008-12-19T14:31:00+01:00 https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/only-seven-cases-of-adulterated-half-fermented-wine-were-revealed-this-year.aspx https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/only-seven-cases-of-adulterated-half-fermented-wine-were-revealed-this-year.aspx By the end of November, the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority concluded inspections of sale of half-fermented wine. Now the Inspection Authority has available further results of laboratory analyses of half-fermented wine which was sampled this year. The aim of these analyses was to reveal adulteration, thus adding water to half-fermented wine which is prohibited by the law. 2008-12-10T08:10:00+01:00 https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/irish-pork-has-not-been-distributed-to-the-cr-neither-through-retail-chains.aspx https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/irish-pork-has-not-been-distributed-to-the-cr-neither-through-retail-chains.aspx The National Contact point for the Rapid Alert system for Food and Feed in the CR, which runs within the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority, obtained first information on the case of Irish pork meat contaminated by dioxins on Friday afternoon. Further notifications followed during weekend. CAFIA distributed information to all RASFF members in the CR, e.g. to Public Health Protection Authorities, the State Veterinary Administration, the Ministry of Agriculture, the General Directorate of the Customs etc. 2008-12-09T09:58:00+01:00 https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/cafia-will-release-assessment-of-retail-chains.aspx https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/cafia-will-release-assessment-of-retail-chains.aspx On Tuesday, 9 December, the Czech Confederation of Commerce and Tourism arranged a meeting attended by representatives of retail chains and supervisory bodies. The meeting was also attended by the management of the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority which checks food safety and quality in retail chains. On this occasion, Director General Jakub Šebesta informed the attenders of a new initiative of CAFIA which aim is to ensure better awareness of consumers. The Inspection Authority decided to release periodically a chart of retail chains. This chart will be drafted according to results of CAFIA inspections. 2008-12-09T09:54:00+01:00 https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/cafia-found-wine-adulterated-by-water.aspx https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/cafia-found-wine-adulterated-by-water.aspx The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority revealed wine of Hungarian origin at which laboratory analyses showed addition of water, at least of 52%. The wine in question was found in Kaufland. Namely, it was Rizling vlašský minöségi cuvée bor (dry white wine, batch L080610). 2008-12-08T09:50:00+01:00 https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/food-inspection-authority-has-revealed-four-cases-of-baptizing-half-fermented-wine-with-water-so-far.aspx https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/food-inspection-authority-has-revealed-four-cases-of-baptizing-half-fermented-wine-with-water-so-far.aspx The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority has started inspections of half-fermented wine in August of this year. Inspectors checked appropriate labelling of half-fermented wine, hygiene conditions at the place of sale as well as documentation related to the sale of half-fermented wine. This way, the inspectors carried out several hundreds of inspections in whole the Czech Republic. 2008-11-12T13:38:00+01:00 https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/food-inspection-authority-revealed-eight-cases-of-adulterated-honey.aspx https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/food-inspection-authority-revealed-eight-cases-of-adulterated-honey.aspx Within its responsibilities, the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority is consistently focused on inspections of honey. In addition to compliance with quality requirements, the Authority also verifies whether honey is adulterated or not. In recent days the Food Inspection Authority revealed eight cases of adulterated honey. 2008-11-07T13:47:00+01:00 https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/inspection-authority-releases-further-results-of-melamine-analyses.aspx https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/inspection-authority-releases-further-results-of-melamine-analyses.aspx The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority has further results of analyses focused on melamine content in dangerous foodstuffs available. They are foodstuffs originating from China or other Asian countries and containing milk component of any form. However, presence of this chemical substance with exceeding limit was not detected in any of further 11 samples. 2008-11-04T13:53:00+01:00 https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/premises-of-jiri-dusek-in-vrdy-produce-again.aspx https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/premises-of-jiri-dusek-in-vrdy-produce-again.aspx The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority banned last week production of delicatessen products in premises of Jiří Dušek in Vrdy near Čáslav due to detection of Listeria monocytogenes. 2008-11-04T13:51:00+01:00 https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/analyses-revealed-another-incidence-of-listeria-monocytogenes.aspx https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/analyses-revealed-another-incidence-of-listeria-monocytogenes.aspx The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority banned production of delicatessen in manufacturing premises of Jiří Dušek in Vrdy u Čáslavi due to Listeria monocytogenes detection. The company in question is of local importance and distributes products only in close region. 2008-10-31T13:53:00+01:00 https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/candies-containing-melamine-were-distributed-to-the-czech-republic.aspx https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/candies-containing-melamine-were-distributed-to-the-czech-republic.aspx The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority was notified through the European Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed that candies White Rabbit originating from China, in which limit exceeding amount of melamine had been detected earlier, were imported into the CR. Importer from the Netherlands had distributed these candies into 14 European countries far earlier than the European Commission established protective measures on the borders. Until now, the Dutch Authority for control of foodstuffs completed the list of all purchasers. 2008-10-24T13:56:00+02:00 https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/laboratory-analyses-have-not-revealed-any-melamin-so-far.aspx https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/laboratory-analyses-have-not-revealed-any-melamin-so-far.aspx In response to the case of milk products contaminated by melamin that had appeared in China, already in September the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority began to focus its controls more on foodstuffs of Chinese origin containing a milk ingredient. Since that time the inspectors have been detecting if these foodstuffs cannot be found in common shops. At the same time more controls have been carried out in Asian market halls and shops specialised in Asian foodstuffs. So far about 350 controls have been carried out. 2008-10-17T13:56:00+02:00 https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/cafia-pays-special-attention-to-foodstuffs-containing-milk-of-chinese-origin.aspx https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/cafia-pays-special-attention-to-foodstuffs-containing-milk-of-chinese-origin.aspx In connection with the case of Chinese milk which was proved to have been contaminated by the chemical substance melamin, on the 26 th September 2008 the European Commission decided to tighten up the measures that are aimed at protection of the European market from these dangerous foodstuffs. 2008-10-06T13:57:00+02:00 https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/analyses-detected-a-consignment-of-guar-gum-originating-from-india-containing-higher-levels-of-pentachlorophenol.aspx https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/analyses-detected-a-consignment-of-guar-gum-originating-from-india-containing-higher-levels-of-pentachlorophenol.aspx It has been more than a year since consignments of the thickening agent E412 (guar gum) originating from India contaminated by pentachlorophenol and dioxins appeared on the European market. In connection with this incident, the European Commission tightened up the import of guar gum from India – each batch must be accompanied by an analytical report from an accredited laboratory proving that the product does not pose a threat to human health. The report is then reviewed and endorsed by a representative of the competent enforcement authority, which is, in the Czech Republic, the Czech Agricultural and Food Inspection (CAFIA). 2008-10-03T13:57:00+02:00 https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/packages-of-dried-apples-from-china-were-withdrawn-from-the-market.aspx https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/packages-of-dried-apples-from-china-were-withdrawn-from-the-market.aspx Inspectors of the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (CAFIA) suspended sale of one batch of dried apple rings from the company K-Servis Praha a. s. due to mouldy pieces and dead parasites detection in individual packages. 2008-09-30T14:01:00+02:00 https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/inspection-of-baby-snacks-did-not-reveal-serious-shortcomings.aspx https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/inspection-of-baby-snacks-did-not-reveal-serious-shortcomings.aspx Infants and children up to the age of 3 years are considered to be a sensitive consumer group, thus food intended for them is subjected to specific requirements on safety, quality, and labelling. The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority pays high attention to checks of observance of these requirements. In this year, the Inspection Authority has already assessed 255 samples of baby snacks, food, and drinks. All sorts of snacks, food (vegetable based, meat-vegetable based, soups, etc.), and drinks sampled were both Czech and foreign origin. Also bio snacks sold in certain drugstores were assessed. 2008-09-19T14:05:00+02:00 https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/food-inspection-authority-revealed-misleadingly-labelled-milk-in-retails.aspx https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/food-inspection-authority-revealed-misleadingly-labelled-milk-in-retails.aspx The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (CAFIA) recently found misleadingly labelled milk on the market which failed to comply with the information given on the labelling. 2008-09-05T14:06:00+02:00 https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/company-liho-blanice-produced-spirits-with-excessive-methanol-content.aspx https://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/article/company-liho-blanice-produced-spirits-with-excessive-methanol-content.aspx The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (CAFIA) forbade production of spirits in company LIHO Blanice Co., Ltd last week. This is due to laboratory analyses´ results which proved excessive amount of dangerous methanol in several samples from production of this company. As an extensive case is concerned, representatives of the Customs Office in Tábor were also invited to the control. 2008-08-22T14:06:00+02:00