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I have to say to Mr Whitehead that I do not approve of the procedure whereby water is retained in a product for the purpose of bulking it out, increasing the weight, so that consumers are misled into believing they are buying more protein than they are actually buying. It is a clearly misleading practice designed to defraud the consumer. I do not, therefore, have any ambition to put in place an upper limit for the inclusion of water which, even at 20%, has the effect of misleading the consumer.
On the question of whether this protein can be disguised or not, this is also part of the ongoing work. But what I am focusing on at the moment is the capacity of the Commission to bring forward a proposal founded on any legal base that may currently exist. In other words, is there legislation in place at the moment that can be interpreted in such a way as to lead to the banning of this particular activity? That is the focus of my attention at the moment. These other issues, as you rightly point out, are of importance also, and we will address them in due course."@en1
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