Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-12-16-Speech-1-099"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-12-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Foods and food ingredients treated with ionising radiation2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021216.8.1-099"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-12-16-Speech-1-1002
lpv:speaker	lp:Alexander de Roo2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; GroenLinks (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Temporary committee on foot and mouth disease (2002-01-17--2002-12-17)3 vice-chair; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-22--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Five years ago, Mrs Bloch von Blottnitz was the rapporteur for food irradiation. At the time, the Commission wanted to take swift action and irradiate far more foods than simply herbs and spices. At least now we are discussing it first, which is an improvement. Different arrangements exist in the fifteen countries. In my own country, the Netherlands, potatoes are irradiated but I have never seen this displayed on the label. European law is not applied properly in this area. Irradiation is not necessary. There are many alternatives. If labelling were honest, consumers would not buy the products. This is also the reason why there is fraudulent labelling. Cyclobutadiene is a substance that is always detectable when food is irradiated. It is therefore perfectly possible to label properly, as the substance is always detectable. This is the Achilles' heel of the irradiation industry, for consumers do not want it. If the substance were labelled explicitly, this industry would die a slow death."@en1

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