Summary of newspapers of the previous day – 2.2. 2016

Inspection warns against gluten-free products with content of poisonous alkaloids

According to the State Agricultural and Food Inspection, nine charges of gluten-free sorghum flour and sorghum pudding from a firm Adveni contain poisonous alkaloids. Their presence in foods is completely forbidden. “A charge of foods a component of which is sorghum, according to a laboratory analysis, contain dangerous tropane alkaloids atropine and scopolamine.

Expression of Viticultural Association of CR to amendment about vine-growing

An amendment of viticultural law, a position of small vine-growing firms, an endowment policy concerning the viticultural sector, but also perspectives of this branch were the main topics of a conference Viticultural Future in CR (Budoucnost vinařství v České republice) organized by the Association of Private Farming with the Viticultural Association of the CR in Uherské Hradiště in the last January week.

1.1 billion CZK will go for better water management to South Moravia

The Ministry of Agriculture supposes that it will invest 1.1 billion crowns into improvement of water management in South Moravia this year. Most money is from national resources, only a smaller part is endowment from the European Union. Last year it was roughly 305 million CZK, the Minister of Agriculture Marian Jurečka (KDU-ČSL) emphasized today.

South-Bohemian breweries started to brew specials for Easter

South-Moravian breweries started to brew specials for Easter. The biggest brew is prepared traditionally by Starobrno; the brewery will produce 4600 hectolitres of Green beer today. Also a brewery in Slavkov and small breweries in Brno prepare a special, ČTK found out in an inquiry.