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In the first half of 2017, the Ministry of Agriculture plan to carry out a huge comparison of the quality of food purchased in the Czech Republic, Slovakia or Hungary with food purchased in Austria or Germany.
New law on foods comes into force on 1st January 2017
On 9th June 2016, an amendment to the Act No. 110/1997 Coll., on food and tobacco products, was published. We prepared several important facts the amendment is about
QSL as a partner of the From Farm to Fork Conference
On 1st June 2016, a conference focusing on cooperation of the interested parties in food chain for the benefit of the consumers will be held under the patronage of the minister of agriculture of the Czech Republic in the premises of the Ministry of Agriculture. This year it will be thematically divided into three blocks. Many interesting topics concerning the quality of Czech food, inspections carried out in restaurants, relations between retailers and suppliers and many other topics will be discussed.
The change in labelling meat and meat products is coming
The new regulation that comes into force on 1st August 2016 will bring several changes and clarifications in labelling meat.
News on food in one place
Are you interested in the amendments the Ministry of Agriculture is preparing, changes concerning the entire market or food that is currently reported as hazardous? We are launching new web right for you; here you can find all information related to the issue of food.
Let us present the independent portal focusing on food producers and retailers, restaurant operators and on those who want to be permanently informed about what is happening in the world of food.
We became a holder of trademark
We value our services so we decided to apply for assignment of registered trademark ®. We have complied with all the requirements that are set by relevant legal regulation and after almost 10 months we obtained the trademark by recording into the trademark registry at the Industrial Property Office.
We have created for you a new Web presentation
We have created for you a new Web presentation of our company. The presentation was created in cooperation with webdesign and marketing company eBRÁNA s.r.o.
Sorghum products containing hazardous alkaloids
The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (CAFIA) has found 9 defective batches of sorghum products that contained atropine and scopolamine, alkaloids hazardous to human health, which may not occur in food in any quantity. The following products made by Adveni Medical s.r.o. are concerned.
Forthcoming limitation of cask wine sale
Amendment to the Act on Viticulture and Winemaking brings many changes in the sphere of distribution and sale of wine.
Products with the Czech flag must truly be Czech
Placement of the Czech flag on the product packages or at stores becomes reliable information for consumers that the food they buy is really Czech. And inspectors will not get into disputes with producers or retailers whether their labelling is misleading.
CAFIA has found sorghum flour with tropane alkaloids
The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (CAFIA) has found four unsafe batches of sorghum flour that contained atropine and scopolamine, alkaloids hazardous to human health, which may not occur in food. The following products were concerned:
The secret of aromas and their labelling
Conscious customers who watch food ingredients often rise up against aromas. Why? Based on their indications, we cannot say which particular substance is hidden behind them…
Additives are labelled with E-codes because each "E" indicates a chemical (E330 = citric acid, E250 = sodium nitrite). In aromas, individual chemicals are not concerned but mixtures of substances. Therefore ranking them in the list of additives is practically impossible.
Olive oils as frequently adulterated food
Extra virgin olive oil. The name itself evokes the top quality from the range of olive oils. Now there is suspicion that Italian producers offer oils of lower quality for sale; such oils were considered extra virgin based on the description on the packaging
Be careful with tricky health claims
The essential requirement for each food is that it is safe and properly labelled. Customers should get true information that leads them to correct choice. Due to distribution and advertising of food, especially food supplements that often claimed almost miraculous health effects, the Regulation (EC) No. 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20th December 2006, on nutrition and health claims made on food, came into force on 1st July 2007.
Indication of allergens is turning against the producers
This week the State Veterinary Administration published the news that undeclared content of soya protein was found in a supply of pâtés by Hamé s.r.o.. The product is now being withdrawn from the market. This is not the first and certainly not the last case in the issue of indicating allergens…