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"Mr President, I am going to speak on the report by Mrs Poli Bortone. I welcome this legislation because we need it. Just look around the shelves in supermarkets and see what is claimed on so many products, including an increasing range of sweets and confectionery – some of those claims are frankly absurd.
We have heard again tonight people in this House claiming that we do not need this legislation, that it is about the nanny state. However, what on earth can be wrong with asking manufacturers who make health and nutritional claims to give the scientific evidence for those claims?
A recent survey carried out in my region by the National Consumers’ Association, Which, showed that 99% of people want health claims on food checked before the food goes on sale. Indeed, many are quite surprised to find that the claims are not checked properly.
We have heard a lot of talk about Article 4, with people saying that we do not need it, that nutritional profiling cannot be done. Of course nutritional profiling can be done: experts have done it and it is being done in the United States. We must move away from the idea of banning this or that. Nothing will be banned, but what you will not be able to do is to make a claim for a food substance if it is clearly not a healthy option for people. As my colleague Mrs Westlund said, people are fed up with buying so-called low-fat products only to discover by reading very carefully that they are high in sugar or some other ingredients.
This legislation will mean that all claims should be based on sound and solid evidence. Responsible retailers and manufacturers I have met welcome it. We seem to forget that without European standards we will have a plethora of national standards, and that is not good news for business. This is good for business, it is good for consumers and we should welcome it."@en1
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