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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.20001025.2.3-041"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-10-25-Speech-3-0422
lpv:speaker	lp:Marianne Thyssen2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Canada (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Christelijke Volkspartij (1999-07-20--2001-09-30)3 member; ECON (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the fact that the White Paper on food safety has no intrinsic legislative value does not in any way detract from the dual purpose which it undoubtedly serves. First of all, it embodies the commitment to completely and comprehensively overhaul legislation, to set up an independent Food Safety Agency and to organise inspection better. It also has symbolic meaning. It can and must signal the start of a new beginning. From now on, the policy will be tackled in a coordinated and integrated manner and will embrace the entire food chain. I welcome the fact that rapporteur Bowis, who has done sterling work, has opted for a positive approach to the White Paper. His report does not so much propose amendments as establish emphases. For example, it is right to stress that the food authority should first and foremost concentrate on food safety. Nevertheless, I hope that there will also be room for collating knowledge in the field of linking food patterns to health. After all, policy should not only focus on preventing damage to health, but also on obtaining health benefits. A second justified emphasis is the request for consideration to be given to regional and cultural differences in the food supply and to the role of the SME and the traditional trades in question. I would in this light urge you to recognise the specific value of the SME and traditional trades in the extensive package of legislation. A third emphasis is required which is as yet missing from the report but which we can introduce via Amendment No 12. Both the White Paper and the Bowis report mention communication on the one hand and procedures in emergency situations on the other, but there is no attention to the internal and external crisis communication which is so desperately needed. It can nevertheless – and we have first-hand experience of this in Belgium – be a determining factor in managing the extent of a crisis and in whether consumer confidence in the institutions survives or not. To conclude, let us hope that the Member States might join in the vision shared by Parliament and the Commission, and that, above all, they will assume their responsibility, not only as constituent parts of the Council, but also as a body which must ensure that inspection in the field is carried out efficiently once the European measures have been transposed in national legislation."@en1

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