Summary of newspapers of the previous day – 28.7. 2011

European Commission is interested in woodcutting in Šumava; Czech Republic can be fined

The European Commission is interested in the situation in the National Park Šumava and interventions against wood engraver. Ecological activists try now to obstruct cutting of trees attacked by this pest in the park. The information was confirmed to the server Aktuálně.cz by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today. According to it the query is connected with investigation in the matter of a complaint of a citizen of the European Union. The press department of the ministry stated that it prepares an answer in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment. According to the server, the European Commission asked the Czech diplomacy in June for an explanation of the situation in the most valuable protected zones of the park.

Veterinarians returner tens of tonnes of rotten meat to Poles

Since May till this time, the State Veterinary Administration has checked two hundreds of deliveries of poultry meat according to its regulations. On their base it has returned 46 tonnes of meat in total to the sender. In all cases it was dealt with meat from Poland. Since half of May, there is held a new Czech government regulation which tightens imports of animal products in the country. On base of the new government regulation since the half of May importers of animal origin foods have to inform in details about the delivery the supervisory authorities 24 hours at the latest before the goods arrival in the CR. If they do not do that, they can be fined with as many as one million crowns fine.

Germany will increase significantly sugar production; it will again exceed quotas

Germany will significantly increase production of refined sugar in a new growing season 2011/2012. According a chief of local association of sugar refineries, favourable weather as well as bigger areas for sugar beet growing will help Germans. So, Germany will again exceed quotas for sugar production set by the European Union. In the last season, Germany produced 3.44 million tonnes of refined sugar. “We expect good yields, so, the sugar production should not be significantly above the production volume in the last year”, the chief of Sugar-refinery Union (WVZ) Dieter Langendorf said to the agency Reuters. According to him, it is too soon for exact estimations. In the last season, the sugar beet was harvested in Germany from 344 000 hectares and WZV estimates that the areas for sugar beet growing are not larger by five to eight percents.

SZPI forbade sale of smoked halibut from Poland

The State Agricultural and Food Inspection has found bacteria Listeria monocytogenes in officially taken sample of halibut smoked with could smoke. It is dealt with a products with trade name “Product from smoked fish HALIBUT”, weight 113 g, charge 0707 PNT, date of production 7.7.2011, expiration date 1.8.2011, producer Almar Sp. from o.o. Kartuza, Poland. The product was sold by the chain store Kaufland. SPZI forbade to sell it and ordered its withdrawal. Now, the dangerous food is being withdrawn from shops of the distribution center of the company. SPZI cooperates on solution of this case with the State Veterinary Administration of the CR.