Summary of newsmakers of the previous day – 13.3.2008

Veleba: Last year's profit of Czech farmers were attached by subsidies

Czech farmers obtained in subsidies about 23,5 billion crowns last year. First of all thanks to contributions from national resources and the EU last year's farming of domestic agriculture ended in profit. According to preliminary data it achieved 13,7 billion crowns which is almost double of the economic result in 2006. At today's congress of the Agrarian Chamber CR (AK) in Olomouc it was said by its president Jan Veleba. AK considers its insufficient integration in European and world manufacturing networks of large enterprises as the basic problem.

Healthy milk? According to Czech the fresh one

Most Czechs thinks that fresh milk is healthier than the fresh one. It results from an inquiry made by the agency STEM/MARK in which 1000 respondents participated in January and February 2008. People think that long-life milk is less healthy (86 %), diluted (62 %) or that it contains so called preservation substances (74 %). However, according to a trophotherapist Lucie Růžičková the content of vitamins and minerals in fresh and long-life milk is almost the same. According to a specialist for milk processing Jiří Weberschinke no preservation substances are added in milk.

Egg test: None from twelve packages succeeded

It is almost impossible to buy a package of really fresh, undamaged and clean eggs. An editorial test of MF DNES proved it. Eggs with damaged or dirty shells were in all twelve packages bought from different distributors. The most frequent fault was micro-cracks owing to which eggs rot more easily. Eggs of bad quality can quickly crackle in boiling water. A test made by the Institute of Chemistry and Food Analysis of the Institute of Chemical Technology Prague proved it.

Application for protection of name “Czech beer”

Already in 2004 Czech brewers made an application to the European Commission to register a name “České pivo” (Czech beer) as a protected geographical marking (CHZO) in the EU. After long negotiations, when EC repeatedly laid claims to omit many important criteria, the application for protection of the original traditional procedure of production of Czech beer is now proposed to be remarked by EU member states. If the application is approved after a six-month term determined for reminds, domestic breweries will have a possibility to use, on their products within fulfillment of certain conditions, the name “České pivo”.