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Inspectors from the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (CAFIA) have found an unusually high amount of substandard ice creams and ice for use in drinks this year, the Czech News Agency reports. The results of the inspection were the worst in six years, with 56 percent of ice cream and 75 percent of ice for use in drinks samples not passing the threshold.

The presence of enterobacteriaceae bacteria was identified in many of the substandard ice cream samples. Most of the substandard samples belonged to the vanilla flavour variety. CAFIA stated that the main reason behind the samples being substandard was poor production hygiene, lacking sanitation and failure to uphold manufacturing standards.

However, CAFIA highlighted that the results should not be considered as descriptive of the situation on the market, because inspectors focused specifically on problematic business.

Meteorologists warn of extreme heat on Thursday, as temperatures could exceed 34 degrees Celsius in Prague and large sections of Bohemia and Moravia. The sky will likely be overcast with rainfall occurring in the west of Bohemia.

A 29-year-old man who shot his ex-girlfriend dead on the premises of the regional office in Zlín last month and then attempted suicide has died as a result of his injuries, Czech Police announced on Wednesday. The shooter died towards the end of last week.

The man used a gun registered with another person. His girlfriend was an employee at the regional office located inside the Baťa's Skyscraper building in Zlín. He then shot himself in the head.

Zlín Regional Governor Radim Holiš said that the murder-suicide was the result of a personal problem between two young people and had nothing to do with the office itself.

President Miloš Zeman has signed into law a bill that makes it illegal to produce and sell single-use plastic cutlery, plates and straws. The bill is in accordance with EU restrictions on single-use plastics and will come into effect within two month’s time.

The legislation also requires plastic bottles to be made from one-quarter recycled plastic by 2025 and up to 30 percent recycled plastic by 2030 and makes it obligatory for plastic bottles to be produced with lids that cannot be torn off.

According to the Ministry of the Environment, the annual consumption of single-use products, plastic, including drink stirrers, cotton buds and cups, should be reduced by approximately 1.77 billion pieces.