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"Madam President, as the honourable Member knows, all the industries and all the elements in the chain are obliged to label and indicate the existence of genetically-modified organisms in the composition of a product. Fraud may take place, but it will be the responsibility of the various European Union authorities to ensure that it does not take place. So the important thing is that the authorisation of a genetically-modified organism involves its traceability, that is to say, there must be systems for detecting it, if it is used in any product.
We are all aware, for example, that there is also fraud in the use of hormones. As a former Agriculture Minister I can tell you that we must be extremely vigilant in order to prevent this fraud and tackle it if it takes place. The important thing is that the consumer can make the choice.
With regard to the second issue, you have mentioned unfair competition in relation to farmers. Unfortunately, we are not talking about unfair competition. If there is any unfair competition, the competition will relate to the traditional varieties of the various products. Any possible unfair competition from NK 302 will be with the traditional varieties of maize which have been cultivated in Europe and throughout the world. Farmers may choose to use them or not. They can use any of the varieties. Competition, if there is any unfair competition, will, moreover, be between laboratory varieties and natural varieties. I believe that citizens and politicians have a responsibility here as well. We have the possibility of choosing what we want: traditional varieties or new laboratory varieties. Consumers themselves will ultimately be free to choose how this issue develops."@en1
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