Summary of newspapers of the previous day - 16.09. 2008

Small blackberries in the garden

Since the half of 20th century interspecific and intergenus crossbreeds of small fruit offering tasteful berries have appeared on the garden market. Josta and Nigrolárie are crossbreds of currant and gooseberry; Tayberry is a crossbred of blackberry and raspberry. Also Zwarte Framboise belongs to them. Zwarte Framboise – a black raspberry is a small-berry glossy variety, fully ripe and overripe berries smell significantly and easily release from the bed. Harvest is yielding – it gives less berries but for a longer time than big-berry varieties.

European Mobility Week “Clean air for all” starts

According to pages www.mobilityweek.eu more than 2000 towns and municipalities not only from Europe participated in the seventh year of cultural campaign European Mobility Week. The campaign endeavours to draw the attention to increasing number of cars in towns; pollution as well as a bad air quality, and to show possibilities and advantages of sustainable transportation kinds. A motto of this year is “Clean air for all”. People will be able to participate in various actions; their finale is the European Day without Cars on the 22nd of September. This year 87 municipalities will participate in the European Mobility Day in the Czech Republic. According to a press release by the Ministry of Environment this number place the CR on the forth stave in Europe.

Technological functions of soya proteins

A presumption for application of soya proteins in foods is a knowledge of their influence on technological characteristics. In unsuitable use the food quality can be even worsened. For example with excessive addition of soya flour in pastry a volume of bread decreases and its consistency is gummy. Also it is necessary to avoid unfavourable affecting of the product taste with use of flavour compatible with soya. Chocolate and toffee flavour can be successfully used in soya beverages. Further it is essential to be aware of the most significant function characteristics of soya proteins.

Amendment of act on limits of pesticide residua

The European Commission unified limits food contamination; in many cases it is dealt with an increase. A regulation 839/2008/EC changes the regulation 396/2005/EC (in a valid version, i.e. including change regulations), if it is dealt with maximal limits in some products and on their surface. The regulation 839/2008/EC was adopted by the Commission on the 31st of July 2008 and immediately came in force. Supplement II, III, and IV were changed. They determine maximal limits of pesticide residua in some products and on their surface.