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"I voted in favour of the Resolution on the food crisis, fraud in the food chain and the control thereof. This calls on the European Commission to make the prevention of food fraud an integral part of EU policy. Confidence in the Irish and European beef sectors was damaged by the horsemeat scandal which came to light in January 2013. Such fraudulent activity damages food safety, transparency and the proper functioning of the supply chain. This also damages consumer confidence and could cause instability in agricultural prices. Europol observed a rise in the number of food fraud cases and predicts that this will continue. Food fraud can involve incorrect labelling of animal species in meat, incorrect labelling of weight, using cheaper and lower quality alternatives for key ingredients, incorrectly labelling ‘use-by’ and ‘best-before’ dates, labelling food as organic which was not grown organically, and fraudulently using quality logos. The monetary gain for participation in food fraud is facilitated by large differences between practices in Member States. Therefore, given the nature of the single market, a coordinated approach involving collection and exchange of data, exchange of best practices and development of a harmonised definition of food fraud is necessary."@en1
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