Czech Republic
Ambassadors
Dr. Milan Houška
Scientist
Food Research Institute Prague
Department of food technologies, biotechnologies and engineering
Prague, Czech Republic
Monika Sabolová, PhD
Assistant professor
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague Faculty of Agrobiology,
Food and Natural Resources Department of Microbiology,
Nutrition and Dietetics
Ambassadors' Reports
Dr. Milan Houška:
I shall translate the most important documents generated by GHI into the Czech language. This way I can help Czech inhabitants to understand the aims and main goals of the Global Harmonization Initiative (GHI).
Tap water conduit problem in Prague, Czech Republic
Czech Republic is famous with safety of tap water from public water conduits. There are many companies dealing with water lifting, filtration, chlorination and distribution to final consumers. Each town, each village has the system for drinking water delivery. In recent months, there were repeated microbial problems with tap water in Prague districts Dejvice and Bubeneč. Latest problem started on Friday afternoon by illness inhabitants visited medical system with vomiting, diarrhea and other expressions of poisoning from consumption. All patients confirmed consumption of tap water that lead medical doctors to releasing warning message to tap water producers, municipal crisis system and police. Saturday morning the water delivery was stopped and local tanks with perfect quality water were distributed in area. Problem was complicated that more and more inhabitants visited medical system even with problem of attack of special viral infection. Hygiene service analyzed water and after necessary time (48 hours) and found presence of substantially concentration of Escherichia coli strains. Later analyses found also presence of viruses transferable from human to human.
After detailed inspection of local tap water distribution system the operators found illegal crossing of tap water tube with sewerage tube. It is strictly forbidden to put the drinking water tube below sewerage tube like it happened in this case. The primary reason was small breakage of old sewage tube (generated during year 1925) that released for a long time the soil around and below itself. Due to reconstruction of the tap water tube (exchange of some valves and tube connections) the contaminated surrounding mass entered inner parts of the tap water tube. Operator of tap water tube cleaned the area of this tube range by run of tap water for 24 hours as it is the standard in any case of tube reconstruction. There was a mistake no analysis of water releasing this tube district for microbial contamination. If known, they had the chance to run such washing longer or more chlorinate the tap water. The original mistake to build tap water tube under sewerage tube was made in year 1960. Years before now, there were several constructions done e.g. tunnel Blanka and several buildings around the place of crossing that can cause the growing the sewerage tube breakings.
This case is currently solved, inhabitants attacked compensated by money subsidy and the operator of tap water system together municipal safety system find ways how to eliminate such problems in future. It seems and re-investment into the whole system is one of the main methods how to increase the safety of the tap water. It will be the task for owner of tap water system operator to lower year profit transfer abroad.
Be sure that Czech Republic tap water system is safe and under steady hygienic check and referred case very special. Consider this report as a warning for other members of the organized part of the world.
Milan Houška, Czech Republic, GHI Ambassador for Czech Republic
Dr. Monika Sabolová:
I can contribute to Global Harmonization Initiative by sharing and disseminating information about GHI publications mainly between students, young and senior scientist at universities in the Czech republic. I can also translate of GHI documents into the Czech language (mainly in the field of nutrition) which can help to understand the aims and goals of the GHI.
Publications
Dr. Milan Houška:
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Chung, S. - Houska, M. - Reed, S. Effect of High Pressure on Peanut Allergens in Presence of Polyphenol Oxidase and Caffeic Acid, JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY, 2012, 129 (2), AB233-AB233. ISSN: 0091-6749, IF = 7.87
Fucikova, J. - Moserova, I. - Truxova, I. - Hermanova, I. - Vancurova, I. - Partlova, S. - Fialova, A. - Sojka, L. - Cartron, P. F. - Houska, M. - Rob, L. - Bartunkova, J. - Spisek, R. High hydrostatic pressure induces immunogenic cell death in human tumor cells, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER, 2014, 135, 1165-1177. ISSN: 0020-7136, IF = 5.085
Houška, M., - Žitný R. Dynamics of Thixotropic Liquids and Time Dependency, In: Ahmed J., Advances in food rheology and applications, New York, Woodhead Publishing (Elsevier), Copyright 2017 Elsevier Ltd. chapter 3, pp. 47-63 ISBN 978-0-08-100431-9 (print), ISBN 978-0-08-100432-6 (online)
Houska, M. – Setinova, I. - Kucera P. Food allergens and processing – A review of recent results, 291-337, chapter 16 in book Yanniotis S. et al. (eds.) Advances in Food Process Engineering Research and Applications, Food Engineering Series, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-7906-2, © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013, 677 p., ISBN 978-1-4614-7906-2, ISSN 1571-0297
Tříska, J. – Balík, J. – Strohalm, J. – Novotná, P. – Vrchotová, N. – Lefnerová, D. – Landfeld, A. – Híc, P. – Tománková, E. – Veverka, J. - Houška M. Influence of Technological Processes on Biologically Active Compounds of Produced Grapes Juices. Food and Bioprocess Technology, 2016, 9(3), 421-429. ISSN 1935-5130, IF = 2.576
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Milan Houška, Filipa Vinagre Marques da Silva, editors, High Pressure Processing of Fruit and Vegetable Products, CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300,Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742, © 2019 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, CRC Press is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business |
Dr. Monika Sabolová:
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Title: Relationship between tocopherols depletion and polymerised triacylglycerols formation during heating of vegetable oils Author: Fišnar J., Sabolová M., Réblová Z. Publication and Date: Czech Journal of Food Sciences 2018 URL Link: https://www.agriculturejournals.cz/publicFiles/73_2018-CJFS.pdf
Title: Tocochromanol content in commercially prepared fried foods Author: Sabolová M., Czornyj Š., Fišnar J., Doležal M., Sosnová D., Matějková K., Réblová Z. Publication and Date: Czech Journal of Food Sciences 2018 URL Link: https://www.agriculturejournals.cz/publicFiles/143_2018-CJFS.pdf
Title: Lipid content, fatty acid profile and nutritional value of new oat cultivars Author: Kouřimská L., Sabolová M., Horčička P. Rys S., Božik M. Publication and Date: Journal of Cereal Science 2018 URL Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0733521018305204
Title: Formation of oxysterols during thermal processing and frozen storage of cooked minced meat Author: Sabolová M., Pohořelá B., Fišnar J., Kouřimská L., Chrpová D., Pánek J. Publication and Date: Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 2017 URL Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jsfa.8386
Title: Relationship between the composition of fats and oils and their oxidative stability at different temperatures, determined using the Oxipres apparatus Author: Sabolová M., Johanidesová A., Hasalíková E., Fišnar J., Doležal M., Réblová Z. Publication and Date: European Journal of the Lipid Science and Technology 2017 URL Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ejlt.201600454 |
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Title: Fatty acids, minerals, phenolics and vitamins in the seeds of Inocarpus fagifer, a Pacific Island underutilized legume Author: Huml L., Miksatkova P., Novy P., Drabek O., Sabolova M., Umar M., Tejnecky V., Pohorela B., Kourimska L., Maskova E., Tulin A., Lapcik O., Kokoska L. Publication and Date: Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality 2016 URL Link: https://ojs.openagrar.de/index.php/JABFQ/article/view/6752
Title: Minor lipophilic compounds in edible insects Author: Sabolová M., Adámková A, Kouřimská L., Chrpová D, Pánek J. Publication and Date: Potravinárstvo 2016 URL Link: https://www.potravinarstvo.com/journal1/index.php/potravinarstvo/article/view/605
Title: Antioxidant aktivity of Lamiaceae herbs grown under organic and conventional farming Author: Kouřimská L., Sabolová M., Dvořáková B., Roubíčková I., Pánek J., Nový P. Publication and Date: Scientia Agriculturae Bohemicay 2014 |