The Czech food agency has revealed findings from various inspections and controls in its annual report.
In 2023, the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (SZPI) detected 4,192 non-compliant lots of food and other products. This included 3,542 non-compliant lots in retail, 160 in production, 128 in wholesale, and 362 in
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Czech controls on olive oil have found two-thirds of samples were non-compliant.
The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (SZPI) focused on the quality of olive oils on the domestic market.
Overall, 67 percent of evaluated samples failed to meet the requirements of European legislation. The most severe findings were
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Czech authorities have revealed Salmonella has been detected in samples of chicken meat from Brazil.
The State Veterinary Administration (SVS) ordered the recall of two consignments of chicken, totaling more than 11 tons, due to Salmonella.
Both batches are currently being withdrawn from customers which were primarily catering establishments. Findings
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Officials in the Czech Republic have revealed poultry meat from Ukraine and Brazil has tested positive for Salmonella.
The State Veterinary Administration (SVS) has carried out more than 20 inspections as part of a control campaign aimed at shipments of poultry meat and eggs from countries outside the European Union.
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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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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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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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