Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-02-01-Speech-4-052"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-02-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Substances having a hormonal or thyrostatic action and of beta-agonists2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010201.4.4-052"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-02-01-Speech-4-0532
lpv:speaker	lp:Françoise Grossetête2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2001-01-17--2001-11-29)3 vice-chair; EPP-ED (1999-09-30--2002-03-07)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Démocratie libérale (1999-07-20--2002-11-17)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we now know that the use of certain substances in livestock can have very dangerous effects on the human organism. Moreover, the statement made by the Commission on the state of progress in the fight against BSE clearly demonstrates that, where prevention is possible, it is always far more effective than intervention after the event; as the saying goes, prevention is better than cure. So we must be particularly vigilant with regard to the substances that are administered to livestock. This vigilance must be practised across the board, from veterinary treatment to husbandry practices. Recent studies have shown that oestradiol 17β is carcinogenic. It is therefore imperative that the use of this substance should be strictly prohibited in any livestock intended for human consumption and that all imports of meat from non-EU countries should be monitored. Long before the BSE crisis we are now experiencing, I vigorously upheld two principles in this House: the first was the precautionary principle, as the best means of protecting consumers and preventing panic, which, as we have seen, has disastrous effects on human behaviour and on the farming sector, and the principle of supporting scientific research in order to acquire within the shortest possible time the most accurate data on which to base our decisions. The report that the honourable Member, Mr Olsson, has presented to us focuses on these two principles, and I find that gratifying. There are indeed doubts about five other hormones, and it is important that the scientific research in this field should be undertaken without delay. However, in the absence of definitive findings, it is absolutely essential that the temporary ban on the use of these substances for the treatment of livestock should be renewed and that the utmost care be taken with any derogations."@en1

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