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dcterms:Date	"2010-06-15"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-06-15-Speech-2-0612
lpv:speaker	lp:Struan Stevenson2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, one of the most contentious items in this debate has been country of origin labelling. I firmly believe that consumers have a right to know the origin of the food they purchase and, particularly in the case of meat, if it has been produced to high welfare standards and has not been transported over great distances prior to slaughter. But the sourcing of raw materials in processed food is irreversibly complex, as ingredients are chosen based on price, quality and availability and countries of origin in a single meat processing plant may alter day by day, and even hour by hour. The constant adaptation of labels would carry higher costs and will inevitably increase packaging waste. These additional costs would be passed on to the consumer. That is why I believe that the feasibility of mandatory labelling rules must first be subject to an impact assessment, and I am glad that Commissioner Dalli said that he supports that. But while this debate focuses on raw materials or ingredients of foodstuffs, it does not cover the origin of the final product. This is particularly important for specific products like whisky. It is still possible for low-quality whiskies from countries like India, China and Japan to pass themselves off as the genuine article by carrying pictures, images or names on their labels which are reminiscent of the traditional whisky-producing countries in the EU in order to increase their competitive advantage and mislead the consumer. We must guard against this, and I therefore urge you to support Amendment 254."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3,3 vice-chair; PECH (2009-07-20--2012-01-18)3,3 chair; Delegation for relations with Iraq (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3,3 substitute; ENVI (2009-07-21--2012-01-18)3,3 member; PECH (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3,3 unknown; Conservative Party (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3,3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3,3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Struan Stevenson,"1 "on behalf of the ECR Group."1
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