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Czech officials urge industry to focus on pest control

By News Desk on March 23, 2022

Czech authorities have asked businesses to pay more attention to maintenance and hygiene after they closed 21 sites in January.

It was the highest monthly number of closed establishments in the past five years. In…
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Czech control finds non-compliant irradiation of instant soups

By News Desk on February 3, 2022

Czech authorities have found instant noodle soups from Vietnam that were irradiated without declaring this on the packaging.

The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (SZPI) carried out an inspection to see if producers and…
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EU Commission warns Czech Republic about official food control rules

By Joe Whitworth on October 8, 2021

The European Commission has again warned the Czech Republic for failing to comply with rules on official controls.

An additional reasoned opinion has been sent to the country as part of Europe’s infringement procedure. The…
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Illegal sprout production uncovered in Czech Republic

By News Desk on June 28, 2021

Inspectors at the Czech Republic’s food agency and police have found illegal production of mung bean sprouts.

The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (SZPI) and police officers from Prague discovered the unregistered business operating…
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Spray dryer blamed in Salmonella outbreak with 325 sick

By News Desk on April 29, 2021

More than 300 people were part of a Salmonella outbreak in Czech Republic and Slovakia in 2017 and 2018 that was traced to contaminated powdered egg products.

The probable outbreak cause was used as an…
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Produce checks largely compliant in Czech Republic

By News Desk on February 21, 2021

Only 10 of almost 800 samples taken during food safety inspections were non-compliant, according to results published by the Ministry of Health in the Czech Republic.

From August to October 2017, the Regional Hygiene Stations…
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Majority in EU agree food products are safe, but many still concerned

By Joe Whitworth on January 29, 2021

More than half of consumers agree that food is safe in Europe but there is wide variation from country to country, according to a survey.

The EIT Food Trust Report surveyed consumers in different European…
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Hygiene issues found in a third of ice cream samples in Czech Rep

By News Desk on August 25, 2020

Almost a third of ice cream samples tested by authorities in the Czech Republic have been found to be noncompliant.

Inspectors at the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (SZPI) looked at safety and quality…
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EU Commission warns Romania and Czech Rep on food safety rules

By News Desk on August 18, 2020

The European Commission has warned Romania and Czech Republic about failing to follow food safety rules.

Romania is in trouble for not telling the Commission about draft food hygiene legislation and its exclusion criteria for…
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Salmonella found less often by Czech companies compared to authorities

By Joe Whitworth on December 12, 2019

An audit in the Czech Republic has found a significantly lower Salmonella detection rate in food company tests compared with official sampling of laying hens and broilers. Test results from authorities for 2018 show their…
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