Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-07-05-Speech-2-682-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-07-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Legislation on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE) and on related feed and food controls (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110705.39.2-682-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-07-05-Speech-2-683-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Esther de Lange2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with India (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; ENVI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Iraq (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3 substitute; CONT (2009-09-09--2012-01-18)3 substitute; AGRI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, you have already pointed out that we are debating a sensitive topic here that gave rise to the necessary discussion even within the political groups, namely the possibility that the use of animal meal may be permitted once again. It is sensitive because past abuses of the use of animal meal gave rise to BSE, resulting in many animals having to be culled and also human deaths. Clearly, if the use of this kind of animal meal is to be permitted once again, this must not be allowed to give rise to that kind of abuses. That is why we are only discussing feeds for non-ruminants – obviously with no animal meal to be fed to animals of that species – and controls, as tests have now been developed, and this is the major difference from the debate of a few years ago, that can differentiate what kinds of animal feed are actually being dealt with. Under these conditions, the partial lifting of the ban on animal feed is justified. Not only is it justified, in fact, but also desirable. It is desirable from an animal welfare point of view as chickens and pigs are, of course, omnivores and a solely plant-based diet is actually sub-optimal for them. Good animal proteins would be used in such cases, instead of them being thrown away or fermented as at present. The EU is only 30% self-sufficient when it comes to plant proteins for animal feeds: we have to import 42 million tonnes of them every year. I hope that putting animal meal back into use can also make some contribution to reducing that dependence. To sum up, I support the Commission’s approach, but only with the right conditions and subject to strict controls."@en1
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