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Recent food scandals clearly illustrate that food safety is at risk, especially given that an obsession with profit, combined with a lack of controls and, very often, permissive legislation, seem to take precedence over public health concerns. Food additives, the ‘E numbers’ we often see on the labels of food products, come into the equation via the agri-foodstuffs industry. From preservatives to colourings, they serve specific purposes and should be effectively controlled in order to assess the risk they pose to public health.
Framework Directive 89/107/EEC, on food additives, provides for the adoption of specific directives with a view to harmonising the use of different categories of additives in foodstuffs. It is in this context that amendments have been tabled to Directive 94/35/EC on sweeteners for use in foodstuffs.
I therefore support the European Parliament’s two main proposals. The first of these prohibits trade in and use of sweeteners not conforming with the revised Community legislation until stocks are exhausted, while the second withdraws the Commission’s power to decide whether or not a substance is a sweetener until such time as the framework legislation is revised."@en1
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