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"Mr President, Mr Dalli, the first case of cloned meat reaching the supermarkets happened in the United Kingdom. This received intensive media coverage and has led to uncertainty among consumers, on the one hand, and to unjustified accusations, on the other. Because the British Food Standards Agency was unable to come up with an explanation, the issue was immediately blamed on the reporting habits of the farmers.
Mr Dalli, the results of delays in the EU legislative procedure must not be blamed on farmers. Until now, only products of cloned animals and not those of their offspring have required a licence in Europe. The European Parliament expressed its opinion clearly in the Novel Food Regulation. The precautionary principle must particularly apply in the case of food.
Regardless of the ethical considerations, we do not need meat from cloned animals for the sake of food supply security. There are apparently serious interinstitutional differences of opinion on the handling of cloned foods. Therefore, we must call on the Commission urgently to reach an agreement for the sake of consumers and producers and to take the appropriate measures."@en1
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