Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-07-05-Speech-2-664-000"
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"I personally consider this legislative proposal to be highly significant. We have incorporated some important amendments. The specification of a minimum font size is a benefit not only for people with impaired vision, but also for people with normal vision, who often cannot read the tiny lettering on packaging. The mandatory labelling of allergens may even save lives. The proposal for mandatory labelling of the date of first freezing of fish and meat is very important, as is the labelling of their country of origin. This can help consumers understand the risks of purchasing a given product, especially after the recent epidemics and diseases in the EU. Despite the lack of support for the proposal by the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance and the Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left for so-called traffic-light labelling of nutrient content, I am pleased that this proposal survives as an option for those who want to make use of it. Finally, I would like to emphasise the need to educate consumers, because if they do not know what a given piece of information means, they cannot be guided by it. We are all consumers, and so are our families and children. We should therefore know what we are eating."@en1
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