Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-06-12-Speech-2-105"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-06-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:VOTE2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010612.6.2-105"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-06-12-Speech-2-1062
lpv:speaker	lp:Cristiana Muscardini2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-09-10--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; UEN (2000-09-21--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with South Africa (1999-12-16--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Alleanza nazionale (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"When I asked the Commission, five years ago, if it knew whether Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease had appeared in Germany, and whether it was not afraid that, without adequate controls, the disease would affect cattle, I was told that the institution was aware of the reports, but that everything was under control and there was nothing to fear. We know the rest. BSE spread in Britain and has also appeared in other European countries, although to a lesser degree, claiming human victims and leading to the slaughter of a large but still unspecified number of cattle, with enormous damage to breeders and the livestock economy of the whole area. It is generally held that fodder based on animal meal has encouraged the spread of the livestock disease. The Commission’s proposal on the treatment of by-products of animal origin is a step in the right direction, but I agree with the rapporteur that we should strengthen the regulation by asking for strict separation, and hence visibility in the food chain, of the three categories of materials: extremely dangerous, for example contaminated by dioxins and transmissible spongiform encephalitis (TSE); carrying risk of diseases other than TSE; and produced from healthy animals. By-products in the first and second categories should be traceable through the use of dyes or odorants and should be prohibited. Only those in the third category are to be permitted as ingredients in animal fodder. The stricter the controls, the better it will be for the health of consumers. Notwithstanding the laudable amendments tabled by the rapporteur, whose efforts to strengthen the Commission’s proposals we appreciate, many points still remain unresolved in terms of decisions on urgent action in the event of crises. For this reason, I abstained in the vote."@en1

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