Summary of newspapers of the previous day - 1. 7. 2010

Bio-products in EU has to be marked with new logo from today

Czech bio-producers will have to obligatory mark, the same as their colleagues from the European Union countries, all packaged products with a new European logo fro today. Besides the Union logo the products will be allowed to bear also national or private marks as till this time. So called bio-zebra, as a graphical sign for bio-foods is called, will appear on products of organic farming certified in the Czech Republic still in the future.

In spite of German objections Olomoucké tvarůžky obtained EU protected marking

Olomoucké tvarůžky (cheese) have obtained a protected geographical Indication of the European Union. ČTK was informed on it by Czech representation at the EU today. The Czechs have been struggling for inclusion of tvarůžky in the Union list for six years. Germans and Austrian kicked sharply against it. More than twenty products from the Czech Republic have already some of EU protected indications. It is for example Pardubický perník (gingerbread), Mariánskolázeňské oplatky (waffles) or Hořické trubičky (confectionery).

In case of tvarůžky the Czech stroke one of the biggest battle in Brussels due to enlistment of some of their products in the Union list. The Czech Republic asked for protection of this geographical indication shortly after the accession in the EU in 2004. However, Germany and Austria stood against, their argued with their historical rights. Prague was not successful in any agreement with them, the European Union had to decide in all.

Good trend of LČR economy continues

Lesy ČR continues in the set good trend of economy: the operating results of Lesy ČR over January to May 2010 is 1 billion 467 million crowns even in spite of solution of floods consequences in height over half a billion crowns. In comparison with the company economy with the same period last year, it is dealt with an accrual 1 billion 384 million crowns. The achieved results were negotiated by the Supervisory board of Lesy ČR at its meeting last week. It appreciated good economy of the company and expressed acknowledgements to the company management.

Czech growers go against import with vegetable with stamp

September, the month of bio-food, is already behind doors and farmers, producers and sellers of bio-foods have again a possibility to promote their actions on which consumers can closer acquaint with a system of organic farming by means of printed matters and web . Because it is already a tradition that various events take place in September, whether it is open gate days on farms, a special menu in restaurants, or discounts in shops, all organizers have a possibility to make visible their actions for free on printed matters or on above mentioned web sites.