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"Mr President, Romania is unfortunately facing a serious issue which endangers the safety and the health of European citizens: the use of non-sterile surgical thread imported from China in hospitals.
The Romanian Ministry of Health has known about this problem since August but, in spite of warnings that this might cause infections or even lead to the death of patients, it did not stop it in time.
The alarm was sounded after a patient died in hospital due to an infection and other patients are facing the same danger. I believe that this is a warning signal not only for Romania but for all of Europe.
The fact that more and more products brought from China raise question marks and endanger the health and safety of European citizens is a very serious matter.
Not so long ago we had problems with sweets contaminated from powdered milk containing melanine, also imported from China. We import products from China because they are cheaper, but I believe that Europe should put the health of its citizens first.
I am asking Commissioner Vassiliou to start an investigation in order to prevent any other incidents in the Member States. We need urgent measures to inspect these products so as to stop imports to the internal market in due time."@en1
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