Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-10-25-Speech-3-035"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Food safety2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001025.2.3-035"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-10-25-Speech-3-0362
lpv:speaker	lp:Johannes Blokland2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij - Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond - Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie (1999-07-20--2002-03-17)3 co-chair; EDD (1999-07-20--2001-01-29)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; ECON (2000-02-02--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, rapporteur Bowis started his explanatory statement on his report with a quotation from Ludwig Feuerbach, which he also repeated this morning: “der Mensch ist was er isst” (You are what you eat). I do not share this viewpoint, for we know that a human being is more than just a body. The fact that food safety rules have been around for a long time is evident from the Bible, as God prescribed these to His people of Israel. However, it is appropriate to qualify the concern which people have with regard to food safety. I would like to counterbalance the quotation from Feuerbach with one from the Lord Jesus himself: “What goes into the mouth does not make anyone unclean; it is what comes out of the mouth that makes someone unclean”, namely what we all say. In modern society, the choice of food is enormously varied. We mainly eat tasty food, even if we know it is unhealthy. Strangely enough, however, there is huge panic amongst the public if something goes wrong with food production. In order to win back their confidence, extremely drastic measures are taken, the necessity of which in terms of safety might be questioned. Could a European Food Safety Agency have prevented a dioxin crisis and a BSE crisis? In my view, drafting new legislation is not the right response to non-compliance with existing legislation. The setting up of independent inspectorates in the Member States which can enforce the law on the spot should therefore be given priority. The same applies to the rapid alert system. Member States need to ensure that this system works well and they need to inform the European Commission in good time."@en1

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