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"Feeding animal slaughter waste to the surviving animals within the same animal species is something that can only be dreamed up by somebody for whom financial considerations are paramount. Cows and sheep that normally only eat vegetable feed are turned into cannibals. It is not surprising that something as unnatural as that should lead to fatal diseases which were hitherto unknown. People still fail to draw the right conclusions from this. In a free market, the person who manages to produce in the cheapest manner wins the competitive battle, even if this is at the expense of jobs, the environment, animal welfare and public health. This is why there remains a great temptation to continue to use animal and bone meal in the traditional way. Some undertakings, some Member States and some Members of this Parliament are of the opinion that everything can be solved by slaughtering healthy cattle for preventive purposes in the vicinity of a source of infection. This was the case during the BSE crisis and again with infections caused by foot and mouth disease. Anyone who attempts to tackle parts of this failing livestock policy has my support. Rapporteur Olsson and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy rightly call for more monitoring of compliance with bans already introduced, stiffer penalties for infringements and the destruction of existing stocks. However, in order to take away the temptation to commit an infringement, the economic advantages also need to be systematically removed."@en1
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