Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-07-01-Speech-2-305"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-07-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Addition of water and proteins to chicken meat2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030701.11.2-305"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-07-01-Speech-2-3062
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 vice-chair; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-22--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, despite the lateness of the hour there is a problem we would like to broach. This is what we tend to think of in Dutch as ‘bloated chickens’. It is currently legal to fill chickens with water. It is possible to add 30%, 40%, 55% water to these chickens. The problem is that to keep them looking a little like chickens proteins are then added to these chickens, proteins from offal, from chicken meat that is supplemented with pig proteins and with cow proteins. This happens in particular in Dutch companies and this chicken meat, if you can still call it chicken meat, is then sold in the UK as Halal to the Muslims and Kosher to the Jews. This is unacceptable and this was emphasised in a BBC documentary. I know that the Commission will propose labelling: ‘chicken with pork’ or ‘chicken with beef’. But the problem is that with modern DNA techniques it is very easy to rub out the DNA of these chickens, the DNA of this beef and pork so that the British are unable to prove that it contains anything other than chicken. We therefore propose simply banning it: no water may be added to this chicken. The UK Food Standards Agency has proposed the addition of no more than 15% water. What is your response to this?"@en1

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