Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-10-25-Speech-2-042"
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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in managing the risk of a pandemic, we need to monitor the current situation, coordinate the response and, above all, avoid creating panic, while ensuring that antiviral drugs are distributed widely and fairly. That is why we have proposed some amendments designed to promote monitoring, using all resources available.
The European Union must have an active role in managing the possible risk of the H5N1 virus spreading among animals. We therefore need to act in advance with preventive measures.
We also need to give priority to reassuring consumers and thereby avoiding a pointless panic, which would be harmful both to the population itself and to the poultry industry. Our proposal to introduce the compulsory labelling of white meat, as already applies in the case of beef, aims at achieving precisely that objective. We also consider that a timely campaign of information would be useful, advising consumers of the true risks, the possibility of prevention and the availability of drugs.
Finally, we need to ensure there is a strategy to enable all Member States to produce antiviral drugs in sufficient quantities, with the direct involvement of pharmaceutical companies, and to devote our available resources also to that end."@en1
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