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"en.20120510.69.4-308-000"2
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"Parliament has decided not to grant budget discharge to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), as its costs were considered too high and conflicts of interest have been identified. As a member of the Parliamentary Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, I have personally witnessed the level of media scrutiny which the EFSA has, quite rightly, undergone, with the resignation of the chair of its management board, Diána Bánáti, who has taken up a post as the head of a major agri-food industry lobby. This move has given rise to a good deal of criticism, especially since Ms Bánáti’s links with the industry have been known for a long time. When asked about the matter on Thursday, the Commission said it was sorry that Ms Bánáti had moved straight from the EFSA to the lobby. Although this move is not illegal as such, it is certainly not in keeping with the agency’s spirit of independence. The vote in Parliament today therefore sends out a very important signal that conflicts of interest with industry are not and will not be tolerated."@en1
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