A brand of infant formula has been recalled in Slovakia because of Cronobacter sakazakii contamination.
The Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic (UVZSR) said the issue was detected as part of official food controls by authorities. No related illnesses have been reported.
The affected
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A rise in Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) infections has prompted a warning by health officials in the Czech Republic.
The National Institute of Public Health (SZU) reported that in the first six months of this year 25 cases have been recorded and 15 of them occurred in the past
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Cronobacter has been detected in an infant milk formula sent to Moldova.
The National Food Safety Agency (ANSA) in Moldova ordered the recall of two lot codes of Numil initial infant milk formula that was made in the Czech Republic and distributed by a company in Poland to Moldova.
Affected
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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 the same period in 2021, inspectors from the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (SZPI)
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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 importers provided consumers with information on food treated with ionizing radiation.
Irradiation is a food
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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 Commission can take legal action against an EU country that fails to implement EU law.
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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 from a house in the Šeberov area of the capital.
Officials identified sprouts were grown
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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 ingredient in multiple food types. The source of contamination was a piece of machinery used
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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 (KHS) carried out the targeted checks to verify the safety of food. The Ministry of
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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 countries to measure trust in the food system and confidence in food products. EIT Food
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