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The article focuses on a proposed legislative amendment in the Czech Republic to ban the sale and serving of energy drinks to children and adolescents under the age of 15. It highlights the growing concern about the health risks associated with energy drink consumption, particularly the negative effects on the cardiovascular and neurological systems, as well as the risk of obesity and other related health issues.

The article focuses on the draft amendment to Czech Republic's Decree No. 58/2018 Coll., proposing updates to enhance consumer protection in the food market, particularly regarding food supplements. Topics include the addition of substances such as Mitragyna speciosa (kratom) and hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) to the list of banned substances in food production due to health risks, and compliance with EU regulations on food supplements and novel foods.

The article discusses the Czech Republic's proposed amendment to improve legal protection for agricultural land, and it aims to prevent its conversion into development plots, especially in high-quality areas. It reports that the amendment is driven by the need to preserve agricultural land amid size reductions and increasing organic cultivation demands.

The article discusses a new government decree in the Czech Republic that promotes agroforestry, combining elements of agriculture and forestry. The decree, effective from June 1, 2023, outlines conditions for implementing agroforestry measures and provides subsidies for establishing and maintaining agroforestry systems. It allocates 127 million Czech crowns until 2027 for agroforestry funding and allows farmers to apply for subsidies of 4353 EUR per hectare.

The article focuses on the Czech Republic's regulatory framework for fortified foods and food supplements, emphasizing its notification requirements and minimal national restrictions on vitamin and mineral levels. Topics include the role of public authorities in overseeing fortified food notifications, the absence of national vitamin and mineral limits, and packaging rules for nutrient content claims on food and beverage labels.

Between 1 July 2022 and 31 December 2022 the Czech Republic held its second presidency of the Council of the EU in its history. Whereas the overall assessment of the EU Presidency is generally positive, not all the food related issues of consumer protection were addressed with due diligence and will need to be renegotiated at EU level in the course of 2023. This paper will address both, the achievements of the Czech EU Presidency, in particular the agricultural subsidies and fishing quota agreement, as well as its setbacks with respect to reducing the plant protection products in food production and the front of package labelling of foodstuffs, where Nutri-Score failed to be adopted as the general mandatory labelling standard across the EU. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on extra sanitary checks which constitute a breach of the internal market rules in he Czech Republic. Topics include information on how Czech media have widely reported on extra veterinary checks launched by Czech authorities; rules governing the functioning of the internal market; and information on Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

The article discusses the regulatory framework in the Czech Republic for farming edible insects organically, highlighting the recent amendments and rules introduced to allow for organic certification of such insect farming. Topics include the development of specific regulations for rearing edible insects, the use of organic substrates, and the challenges faced by insect producers in meeting organic certification criteria.

The Czech Republic has missed the transposition deadline for implementing the EU Unfair Trading Practices Directive in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain. Yet, business relationships between a buyer (the Hruška retailer) and several suppliers of food products have already witnessed breaches of that Directive. These had to be assessed by the Czech Competition Authority also under the applicable Czech legislation, which is the Significant Market Power Act. The paper concludes that the Czech Competition Authority conducted a legal assessment of the case in compliance with the EU Directive. Also, this contribution summarizes the current stage of progress towards achieving full transposition of the EU Unfair Trading Practices Directive into the Czech domestic legal order by way of amending the current Significant Market Power Act. Completing the transposition of the Directive as soon as possible is essential in order to stop the infringement procedure lodged by the European Commission against the Czech Republic in this respect. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the discussion on assessing the efficiency of state funds earmarked for providing high quality drinking water. Topics include objective of the Supreme Audit Office exercising control over the management of state property and the implementation of state budget; and municipalities being mostly affected by excessive limits of pesticides and nitrogenous substances in drinking water.

The article presents the discussion on agricultural subsidies received by the Czech Prime Minister under investigation due to a Conflict of Interest. Topics include legal entities doing business in agriculture, food processing, the chemical industry, and the media; receiving any funding from EU funds and public subsidies or funding distributed by all levels of public authorities; and decreasing the competitiveness of small and medium-sized farmers and family farms.

The article provides information on a long-term strategy endorsed by the Czech Republic on May 10, 2021 of promoting organic farming in the Czech Republic between 2021 and 2027 in its action plan to conform to the European Union (EU) plan on greening the continent. Topics include objectives linked to organic farming from 2021 to 2027, state subsidies available to organic farmers and their economic performance, and imports of organic foodstuffs to the Czech Republic.

The article reports that the amendment of the Act No. 110/1997 OJ on foodstuffs and tobacco products has resulted in the implementation of a decree on requirements for the quality and wholesomeness of bottled waters produced within the territory of the Czech Republic. Topics include a draft of the new decree introduced by the Ministry of Agriculture, contents of the draft decree and changed pricing of extracted mineral water.

The article reports on the adoption by the Czech Parliament in January 2021 of a law that will regulate gardening activities in the Czech Republic. Also cited are a comparison of the proposed law to the laws already in place in Germany and Slovakia, and how the law will contribute to the effective use and preservation of soil in urban spaces.

The article reports on new laws and administrative measures affecting food production in 2020. Topics include The Czech Ministry of Agriculture proposed a decree adopted by the government limiting the growth of monocultures on Czech fields in order to tackle the growing erosion of water; and overpopulated rodents have caused significant economic harms in large areas of agricultural land across the entire territory of the Czech Republic.

The article examines the quality of tap water in the Czech Republic which is a key factor in motivating consumers buying bottled water to switch to its more environment friendly alternative. It mentions the review of the Drinking Water Directive by European Commission with the aim to enhance the quality of tap water in the European Union (EU) Member States and to promote the consumption of tap water instead of bottled water so as to avoid the creation of unnecessary plastic waste.

The article discusses several European Citizens Initiatives including make nutritional labeling easier to read and understand, so that the nutritional value of a food can be understood at a glance in the face of the diversity of food supply; take action on public health issues by encouraging professionals to improve the composition of their products; and harmonise nutritional information at European level by imposing a single official labeling system.

The article talks about cross-compliance criteria with respect to farming and processing edible insects in Czech Republic. It is mentioned that edible insects are pointed out as one alternative as they have always been a part of human diets. The article informs that in order to guarantee food security to the population of the world edible insects would act as an effective alternative and can be farmed with less difficulties.

The article reports on the national measures of the national government to retain water, for use in growing foods and feeds and for drinking, to prevent water shortage in Czech Republic. The topics discussed include the subsidies given by the government to individuals purchasing barrels for use in retaining rain water from the drain pipes, the impact of minimal rain season on agricultural yields, and the effects of landscape and soil on retained water amount.

The article explores several ways for combating food waste in the Czech Republic. Topics discussed include steps taken by the European Commission in curbing food waste; objectives of the amendment to the Food and Tobacco Act includes reduction of food waste on the part of supermarkets; and tax implications of food donation.

The article discusses the nature of different food quality labels which co-exist the Czech Republic. Topics discussed include information on the KLASA label, rules on public promotion of regional foodstuffs, the Czech Product label guaranteed by the Czech Foodnet and the private law initiative "I Know What I Eat."

The article presents key topics discussed at the Central Europe Food Waste Conference held on June 10, 2019. in Prague, Czech Republic. Some of the topics discussed include the importance of measuring food waste to set binding targets on reducing it, some outstanding legislative challenges related to food waste, packaging materials that come into contact with foodstuffs and procedure for recycling packaging materials and reusing them.