Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-06-05-Speech-4-066"
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"Mr President, no one is denying that we need to establish a procedure based on the principles of hazard analysis and critical control points. Everyone welcomes the fact that at Community level the European Union is proposing inventive legislation on foodstuffs to guarantee the highest possible level of food safety for our fellow citizens. However, we must reduce the amount of pointless bureaucracy, especially for small and micro-enterprises, and ensure efficiency without restricting the objectives relating to foodstuffs.
Do we need to sink into a health and regulatory phobia and drift? Certainly not.
As the representative of Bourgogne-Franche Comté in Parliament, I am familiar with the methods used for the production of all the cheeses in my region by small and micro-enterprises. Bacteria are necessary to make cheese. Reintroduced to pasteurised milk – for certain cheeses – they ensure that these products meet the highest food safety standards. Increasing the volume of regulatory procedures would weaken small and micro-enterprises.
That is why I am calling on Parliament to accept Amendment 12, which facilitates this flexibility. When it comes to respect for cultural diversity and dialogue, I believe that it is essential..."@en1
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