Summary of newspapers of the previous day – 14.10.2010

Minister Drobil introduced amendment of act on air protection

The Minister of Environment Pavel Drobil together with the premiere Petr Nečes and a representative of the party Věci veřejné Kristýna Kočí introduced an amendment of act on air protection on Tuesday. The aim of this amendment is to improve of air quality in the region Moravia-Silesia and other areas where immission limits are significantly exceeded for a long time. “Above all, we want to reduce a burden of inhabitants who are exposed to health risks”, the Minister of Environment Pavel Drobil emphasized.

Beware of imports from third countries

Veterinary goods originated from countries which are not EU members, i.e. from so called third countries, is checked in boundary veterinary stations on the outside EU borders; only after it can be admitted into the intracommunitary market. (There is the only one such a boundary veterinary station in the CR, at the airport Praha Ruzyně). Last week, Germany informed the Commission and other EU member states through the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) on catching of a delivery of smoked tuna from China in which health certificates were falsed. A part of this delivery should aim also at the CR.

Customers quest for Czech garlic, however, its amount is low and difficult to get

We do not have, we are run out of it. Just this the Czech hear asking for Czech garlic in shops. It is possible to get only Chinese one on shelves, however, it is not so aromatic and in demand. Domestic growers are not able to grow such amount of vegetable to satisfy domestic demand. Customers complain that garlic has lost “garlicness”. That which is available in hypermarkets is less sharp, juicy and inspid. It comes from abroad, mostly from China. Chain stores started to sell it years ago and gradually it pushed away, mainly thanks to its price, the Czech one completely.

Genetic data bank of wild organisms will be founded in CR

A proposal to create a genetic data bank of wild organisms of the Czech Republic has arisen in the Academy of Sciences. According to the professor of the Vertebratea Biology Institute, Jan Zima, it would be dealt with interconnection of databases of all institution owning some collections. The proposal in a minimal version does not count on a building of new center, but suggests only a functional interconnection of databases so that it would be possible to exchange samples reliably, Zima said to journalists today.