Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2016-05-11-Speech-3-574-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2016-05-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Mandatory indication of the country of origin or place of provenance for certain foods (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Lynn Boylan2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, certainly origin labelling is nothing new to this Parliament. Just over a year ago we passed a resolution which urged the Commission, once again, to come forward with legislative proposals to make such labelling mandatory for meat in processed foods and, perhaps unsurprisingly given that we seem to be dealing with a Commission which is reluctant to legislate on anything at the moment, we have heard very little since then on potential proposals. So while not giving up on this resolution, in the interests of working with the Commission we came up with a proposal where, Commissioner, you could at least act on the lower hanging fruit so that you can demonstrate your willingness to stop sitting on your hands. But now, having listened to you today, I think that you have actually made the argument and the case for full origin labelling for meat in processed foods. Consumer confidence in our food supply was naturally incredibly damaged by the horse meat scandal, and not just by the scale of the food fraud, but by the complexity and the length of the food chains revealed. The vast majority of consumers, as we have heard from many of the speakers, want to know where their food comes from, and it is important that we do not stall on this issue. The arguments on cost do not stack up. In Ireland we have demonstrated this: we have a scheme, processed foods are labelled by country of origin, and in fact food producers are opting into the scheme and retailers are demanding it, so in fact it is good for business to have country of origin labelling."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; ENVI (2014-07-01--2017-01-18)3 substitute; EMPL (2014-07-01--2017-01-18)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Lynn Boylan,"1 "on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group"1
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