Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2014-01-14-Speech-2-367-500"
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"en.20140114.34.2-367-500"2
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"Agriculture, perhaps more than other sector, is heavily reliant on consumer trust to be successful. It is unfortunate that it took the hugely damaging horsemeat scandal to try and get to grips with fraud in the food chain. To this end, the report makes several useful recommendations, including: extending the Food and Veterinary Office’s role in auditing the food chain to cover fraud, and improved self-regulation by the industry. Moreover the report states that inspections should remain in the preserve of local public authorities rather than economic operators, as this approach enhances communications and compliance with controls. I am however concerned to avoid establishing additional bureaucratic and costly bodies that will have little impact on consumer confidence. Instead we ought to strengthen existing bodies, ensuring there are greater deterrents for food fraud. For instance, one year on from when the horsemeat scandal broke in Northern Ireland, there have still been no prosecutions – a totally unacceptable situation given the damage done to the local agricultural sector. Only when people are 100% confident that ‘what is on the can is in the can,’ will we be able to say that consumer trust in the food chain has been restored."@en1
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