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"Whilst animal meal is considered to be one of the direct causes of mad cow disease and at the origin of one of Europe’s worst health crises, the European Parliament has today voted by a majority in favour of partially lifting the ban on animal meal in Europe. Indeed, in an own-initiative report with no legislative value, the European Parliament advocates lifting the provisions banning the feeding of processed animal proteins to non-ruminants, subject to certain conditions. Along with the other Democratic Movement MEPs, I voted against this report. Indeed, whilst bovine spongiform encephalopathy has all but disappeared, we still do not know the extent of the Creutzfeldt-Jakob epidemic and too many uncertainties remain as regards the health guarantees for animal meal. Moreover, other economically and environmentally viable solutions are available, especially the development of vegetable protein crops. Do we wish to align ourselves with practices which have demonstrated in the past how dangerous they can be, or shall we commit to defending common sense and a European agricultural model that guarantees the safety of consumers whilst maintaining their health? As for me, I therefore voted against this report to reaffirm my view that there should be no compromise on food safety and health."@en1
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