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"Mr President, there are many examples of this Parliament and the institutions responding with urgency to matters of public concern and none more so than in the area of food safety and consumer protection. In this regard I compliment the Commissioner on his response to the most recent scare and share fully his views with regard to what has happened.
While the number of incidents proportionate to the volume of quality food produced is minimal, the negative impact on consumers is considerable. Restoring confidence in the food chain has been a slow, tedious and indeed expensive process. Thankfully the measures put in place are proving their effectiveness and there is now an acute awareness on the part of all involved, from producers to processors, from the retail to the catering trade, that any breach of the regulations is unacceptable and will be severely dealt with.
It is important to put on the record that, while EU consumers always had access to quality food, the effectiveness of new controls and greater transparency in the food chain provide the additional safeguards necessary to allay fears resulting from isolated incidents and indeed the unforgivable incident which this House is addressing this morning."@en1
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