ANNOUNCEMENT 06 Mar 2012

In March 2012, the government of the Czech Republic announced an alteration to its export prohibitions.

NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS

1

  • 1 harmful
  • 0 neutral
  • 0 liberalising

SOURCE



Press release by Ministry of Agriculture on import ban, 6.3.2012 (in Czech):
http://eagri.cz/public/web/mze/tiskovy-servis/tiskove-zpravy/x2012_ministr-petr-bendl-zada-polskeho.html

Article on Polish industry salt cases, FoodProductiondaily.com, 12.3.2012:
http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/Safety-Regulation/EU-warned-over-Polish-industrial-salt-food-safety-prosecutions


Inception date: 06 Mar 2012 | Removal date: open ended

Import ban

On 6 March 2012, the Czech authorities issued a temporary import ban for edible salt from Poland. The ban was issued following at least three cases in Poland where road salt was used instead of edible salt.
 
The Czech Minister of Agriculture, Petr Bendl, argued on a press conference the Ministry had not received sufficient information from their Polish counterparts concerning the companies involved and was therefore forced to introduce the temporary ban.

AFFECTED SECTORS

 
162

AFFECTED PRODUCTS

 
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