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"I fully agree with you when you say this is not an issue of losing face or winners and losers. The characterisation of this difficult matter in those terms is quite unhelpful. Also, those who address it in that way do not give full justice to the seriousness of the problem.
I also agree with you that assurance for consumers is of paramount importance. It is the DBES scheme which has been devised by the Commission with the advice of the scientists which, in my opinion and the opinion of those scientists who advise the Commission in these matters, will give that assurance to consumers.
I also agree with you that it is extremely valuable to have labelling and traceability. In relation to the labelling issue, you have asked me what will be put in place at Community level in the legislation regarding labelling. From 2003, all beef will be labelled with place of birth, place of fattening, place of slaughter, breed and age of the animal.
It is not possible to provide this labelling and information at present because the Member States have not yet provided the information for that to happen. But it is being addressed and that will be the situation from that date.
Again, I should like to emphasise the importance that I attach to this entire issue in terms of consumer confidence and, in particular, the issue of public health. It is my intention to take this into account over the next number of days in the on-going discussions."@en1
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