Summary of newspapers of the previous day – 4. 3. 2010

Consumers do not read data on foods; according to them they are illegible, moreover, they stop believing in them

Against 205, a number of people who do not pay attention to data on food packages increased. While in 2005 49 % of consumers did not read them, today it is already 56 %. As the most often reason for this behaviour consumers state that information on package is illegible; on the second place that they are not interested in it. Although being still high, also the satisfaction with sufficiency and comprehensibility of information on foods showed decrease. A share of people who think that data on foods are true decreased very significantly, from 77 % to 56 %.

Austrian export in the Czech Republic is saved by foods

While the total import of Austrian goods in the Czech Republic decreased by fifth, trade with foods was not affected by the crisis. Expansion of Spar helps to it. Despite the economic crisis, export of Austrian food in the Czech Republic last year stayed at the level of 2008. The total Austrian export in the Czech Republic decreased year-on-yearly by fifth and in engineering and car industry even by more than 30 percents. Austrian producers exported food in the Czech Republic for 200 million euro last year, so about 5.2 billion crowns, and beverages for further 16 million euro. Christoph Plank, a commercial attaché of Austrian embassy in Prague said it at food fairs Salima in Brno.

ÚOHS confirmed fines 80 000 CZK to Moravian-Silesian Veterinary Administration

The Veterinary Administration of Moravian-Silesian region got a fine of 80 000 crowns from the Office for Protection of Competition (ÚOHS). The reason was mistakes in commission for a repair of its seat. A chairman of antimonopoly office, Petr Rafaj, said it to ČTK today. The Administration sent got the fine already last year in June, however, it entered a protest against it just to Rafaj, who did not meet the protest now. The fine is legitimate now; the Administration can protect against in court, but it does not consider a legal proceedings. “The submitter contrary to law divided a commission for heat-insulation of its building and roof cladding and an exchange of windows in two and did not realize the contractual proceedings according to the law on public commissions”.

Apple grove disappear, they bring low money

For almost thirty years apple groves in front of a municipality have inherently belonged to Popice. However, private growers started to cut a big part of the trees last year. Above all for the reason of bad state of the woody species. Almost a half of land is owned by the municipality which rent the land to farmers. They sow mainly cereals and corn now. “The plantation has been in Popice already since 1980´s, it has been overmature. The land owners, in number of tens, rented the land to farmers after a land adjustment . They are no longer interested in fruit growing. You will not sell it at present. Already last year many apples remained there and to send people to pick them does not pay off to you”.