Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-10-25-Speech-3-036"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Food safety2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001025.2.3-036"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-10-25-Speech-3-0372
lpv:speaker	lp:Giuseppe Nistico'2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 unknown; Forza Italia (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 member; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner Byrne, I would like to start by thanking our friend, John Bowis, for his excellent work on the White Paper on food safety and, in particular, for including the various amendments tabled by different political groups. In my opinion, they enhance the original report of the Committee considerably. The establishment of an independent, high profile European Food Safety Agency is a substantial step which satisfies the need of all the citizens for guarantees on the quality and safety of food products. The neurodegenerative damage to man's central nervous system caused by the consumption of beef or veal – as has been mentioned this morning – from animals suffering from mad cow disease, the recent dioxins alert in Belgium, the high levels of pesticides and herbicides in the environment and the presence of other microbiological and chemical pollutants with potentially cancerous effects arouse in the public a strong sense of alarm and sometimes anxiety. The establishment of a European Food Safety Agency will contribute greatly to achieving a high level of protection of citizens' health. I would like to end by thanking all the political groups – the Group of the European People's Party and European Democrats, the Group of the Party of European Socialists, the Group of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party and the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance – for accepting a joint amendment initially tabled by Mr Fiori and myself which gives greater meaning to the very existence of the European authority. It must genuinely be a centre for coordinating the network of national agencies which, in turn, must activate and coordinate a network of centres of excellence for food safety at the level of the individual regions. The purpose of this network of laboratories will be to monitor on a continual, daily basis, the quality and safety of food products – exactly as Mrs Roth-Behrendt said just now – and I agree with this approach. The network must be as close to the citizens as possible and, in this way, their faith will be restored in the European national institutions."@en1
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