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"en.20150209.14.1-160-000"2
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"Mr President, the powers that be must not muddle three separate issues as, although they appear identical, they are in reality distinct. The first is bad food, food which makes people ill. This is the most serious of the three and the solutions are good practice, hygiene, and, for when things go wrong, traceability. You must know the entire route from farm to table and be able to identify where and how the problem happened.
The second is fake food. Food which does not make people ill but is not what it says. This is basically a matter of due diligence and contract law. In fact, commercial interests police this pretty well most of the time.
The third is the consumer’s right to know what they are buying. Linked to this is nutritional science, which has to be based on science that does not date: for example, fat and sugar in the diet, which may be about to undergo a revolution as a result of our better understanding of the role of insulin in the body.
We must not saddle industry and consumers with requirements which are just about to be proved wrong. Any regime must properly and sensibly meet the needs of all three without confusing them either in law or in the public mind. Unfortunately, as a result of the EU’s usual lack of clear thinking, they are at the moment horribly muddled."@en1
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