Ministry food inspections see marked improvement

There's a been a moderate drop in poor-quality food over the past three years of food inspections, Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Ľubomír Jahnátek told a press conference on Thursday. "It's not as much as we wanted, though, as it (the drop) has been by some 2 percent," said Jahnátek. He added that the average rate of failure to adhere to requirements vis-a-vis quality, be it in foodstuffs themselves or in services related to them, was measured at over 12 percent, which he still sees as a high number. "That said, many operators in the food chain have made considerable strides, while others have worsened," said Jahnátek. The highest rate progress has been observed in distributors and food haulage contractors, as the average percentage ratio of shortcomings in this category was seen slashed from 9.64 percent in 2012 to 1.84 percent in 2014.