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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-07-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Food and feed safety2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020702.7.2-173"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-07-02-Speech-2-1742
lpv:speaker	lp:Dorette Corbey2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partij van de Arbeid (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Temporary committee on foot and mouth disease (2002-01-17--2002-12-17)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Ladies and gentlemen, consumers have the right to know what they eat. If the food contains genetically modified ingredients, then this should be clearly indicated on the label. If GMOs are used in the production process, this should also be evident. In my view, you can take this to extremes and take the rapporteur’s lead. However, we should realise what the implications would be. If we followed the rapporteur’s proposals, at least 80% of the foodstuffs would soon have to be marked as GMO. In addition, nearly 100% of the processed and packaged foodstuffs would receive a GMO label. In this way, information would lose its value in terms of the choices that the consumer wishes to make. We should also realise that we thus accord genetic modification a definite place in food production. This is fine by me. Genetic modification may have many advantages, and I welcome the taboo on GMOs being broken, but I do have concerns. After all, it is easy to predict that biotechnology will thus elbow out normal gen-tech-free production, which we must prevent. This is why I call for the introduction of a ‘GMO-free’ label alongside the rapporteur’s proposals, and I mean really GMO-free, that is to say, 0% GMOs and no use of GMOs during the production. The GMO-free label would also encourage GMO-free production, and GMO-free areas would need to be designated, which would provide an economy of scale at the same time. GMO-free would then remain affordable for everyone and GMO-free should not become elite food, in my view. Consumers are entitled to choose GMO-free at affordable prices. A second point concerns the position of third countries. In all recent food legislation, we have made certain that imports from third countries must meet European standards. However, third countries can always call upon equivalence. Unfortunately, we are now threatening to adopt a different approach and make imports from third countries in practice impossible. With this Fortress Europe approach, we are closing ourselves off from the world and are turning our backs on the developing countries. I consider this unacceptable. Finally, I should like to wish both rapporteurs much strength and, especially, fruitful cooperation, because I believe it is extremely difficult at the moment for Parliament to adopt a sound viewpoint."@en1

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