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"Mr President, I strongly support Mr Stevenson and congratulate him on an excellent report. The aftermath of the BSE crisis and the ban on the use of meat and bonemeal has left a serious, sharp fall of proteins in animal feed and must be filled by other means. We all know that the lesson we have learned from that particular crisis in European farming is that we must have a food chain that guarantees the highest possible standards of traceability and safety.
I am not really enamoured by the Commission's proposals to address this situation. The suggestion by the Commission that we should source the feedstuffs shortfall on world markets is not a realistic long-term solution. We should produce those feedstuffs within the EU where we can and would be in a position to control each element of the food chain. This is beside the fact that home production offers a number of other distinct advantages. It allows our farmers to diversify their production and to produce crops for which there is a clear and demonstrable market. This would offer welcome assistance in their current plight.
I would also have serious concern about the long-term desirability of becoming dependent on outside sources for our feedstuffs. One of the fundamentals of the CAP is to guarantee a secure supply of high-quality foodstuffs for our citizens and I hope that the Commission will take on board the concerns of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, which will no doubt be supported by a strong majority in this House tomorrow."@en1
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