Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-07-01-Speech-2-307"

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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	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030701.11.2-307"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-07-01-Speech-2-3082
lpv:speaker	lp:Phillip Whitehead2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I associate myself with everything Mr de Roo has said, and his outrage at these events is shared by many in the United Kingdom, which is the principal destination for these adulterated products. I would like to press the Commissioner further. Since chicken at the moment can be legally sold when it is 55% water and is adulterated by other proteins which the perpetrators of this scam boast is PCR negative and, therefore, cannot be detected by most tests, is it not the case that there should be a more direct form of action from the Commission? The FSA in Britain has now proposed, through Sir John Krebs, its chairman, that we should set a limit of 15% for the water content of what is labelled and sold as chicken. He has further said that at that level the addition of these proteins – which intended to sustain the holding capacity of a much larger proportion of water – would therefore become unnecessary. It is still the case, however, that many of those who are at the moment exporting these tainted products will continue to attempt to evade legal provisions and checks. I would like to hear from the Commission that it will intervene not merely by recommending better labelling and better testing – though, of course, we need that – but by taking action to outlaw these activities, which are a total fraud on the public and are likely in one respect to cause serious concern, because the injection of beef protein – which the perpetrators admit has come from countries where there is BSE, and they have not tested the products for that – may cause serious public concern as well. This is a matter that has outraged the United Kingdom and many others. We need improved testing, but we need direct intervention here from the Commission, and I am confident that we will get it."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Whitehead (PSE )."1

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