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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, you might have given us a very exhaustive and interesting explanation, but I am astonished that you have actually said nothing about an incident this summer which, to some extent, provides the background to this debate. I am talking about an incident that took place in Scotland: a number of bull and cow embryos imported from the United States, reports that meat from at least one of the bulls has definitely entered the food chain and that some of that meat has reached my constituency in Belgium. You have said nothing about that and I would really like to hear some comment from you on this, because this is an important incident, after all. You have said yourself that part of the issue is that consumers have the right to know where their food comes from. Well, some residents in my constituency have not been given that information. They have eaten meat from bulls born in Scotland from imported embryos. I would therefore like to hear what you have to say about this.
You know that this whole debate is also connected with the conciliation procedure regarding the regulation on novel foods, which we started the day before yesterday, with Kartika Liotard as rapporteur. You know that we are at loggerheads with the Council over this issue. I dare say you are also well aware of the fact that throughout the conciliation procedure – which is to be completed at some point in November, perhaps at the beginning of December but, in any case, sometime during this part of the year – the position taken by the Commission will decide the outcome. You announced in a previous debate in July that you would produce a report and here I will quote you in English as saying: ‘by November 2010’. Now, however, you say ‘at some point in November’, which means at the very end of the conciliation procedure. I should hope, Commissioner, that you and your staff will be a little more dynamic in taking a stance on this issue, because we, as negotiators, will need your position in order to reach an agreement with the Council.
Furthermore, you have you said nothing or, at least, not very much, about the position of Parliament which is in favour of a moratorium. There are commissioners, colleagues of yours, who are, as we speak, lobbying our colleagues not to go along with the moratorium, as that would bring about an enormous trade war, perhaps on a vaster scale than the banana war which we have engaged in with other countries in the field of trade. Could you please comment on that?
Finally, to my fellow Members who say that this poses no threat at all to public health, I say ‘Yes, I would like to think that is the case, but let me adhere a little while longer to EFSA’s recommendation that, although there might be no reason to doubt this is the case, the scientific evidence for this is still rather too thin on the ground. I grant you, this recommendation dates from 2008. We should have new recommendations coming soon, but I would prefer to see them before I dare pass any definite judgment."@en1
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