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"I subscribe to the report’s general philosophy of better information for consumers about the foods they purchase, particularly when it comes to the presence of ingredients which can cause allergies or indicating the origin of all types of meat. This last provision is entirely consistent with my belief that consumers should be allowed to choose products from the closest possible place to them. It is one of their legitimate aspirations: producing and consuming locally. It also avoids the CO
emissions from long distance transport. It is odd that you never think about this.
I have more reservations about nutrition declarations, a European attempt to control our plates, our behaviour and our culinary traditions. Finally, I am disappointed that the obligation to indicate the method of ritual slaughter, an amendment miraculously adopted by the committee several weeks ago, has turned into the possibility of starting to think about a potential report on this subject in several years’ time. Defenders of animal rights, secular people, agnostics, Christians and those who are indifferent will therefore continue to consume, without knowing it, meat produced in an entirely unnecessary manner according to practices that they reject, condemn or simply do not want to support. It is for that reason I abstained from voting on the compromise amendment."@en1
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