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". – Debates of recent months have highlighted and prioritised the public health aspect of European and national food policy of which BSE is the most significant. Therefore, future agricultural and environmental policy must reflect our experiences in this crucial area of food production.
Failure on the part of Member States to fully conform to new guidelines and regulations must not be tolerated. Food is an internationally tradeable product and with consumers crossing frontiers on a daily basis, nothing short of a co-ordinated and common approach to food safety as spearheaded by the EU will restore consumer confidence in the entire food chain, and while there is a cost factor, particularly for farmers, it is I believe strongly in the interests of agriculture and individual farm families, that full confidence is restored as quickly as possible in all agricultural products.
Member States have taken positive and expensive steps to deal with BSE. The foot-and-mouth outbreak, which does not present a health risk, has to some extent overshadowed the very genuine steps taken to finally eliminate BSE from the European herd.
The action taken was scientifically based and I believe we are close to bringing this public health scare to a successful – and with strict adherence to production controls to a permanent – conclusion.
While acknowledging the weight of the scientific evidence on the connection of BSE and CJD with the use of meat and bonemeal, it must be borne in mind that the level of BSE infestation proportionate to the individual herds in Member States is significantly small and is of course confined to a relatively short production cycle.
Animals infected or at risk are now considerably reduced in numbers. We must never again experience the traumatic events of recent months and the understandable consumer concern with regard to food safety."@en1
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