Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic

Introduction: The Ministry of Agriculture is the central public administrative authority for agriculture, the water sector and the food processing industry, and for forestry, game management, hunting and fishing.

The Ministry is also the central public administrative authority for commodity exchanges which organise trade in goods originating from agricultural and forestry production.

In addition to this, it acts as the central public administrative authority for veterinary and phytosanitary services, food safety and quality management, the prevention of cruelty to animals, and protection of rights in regard to new varieties of plants and breeds of animals.

The Ministry of Agriculture is in charge of the Czech Agricultural and Food Inspection Authority, the State Veterinary Administration of the Czech Republic, the State Phytosanitary Administration of the Czech Republic, the Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture and the Czech Breeding Inspection Authority.