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"Mr President, let me start by congratulating my colleague Frédérique Ries on her report and for the great work accomplished in bringing forward the solid compromises on the Commission proposal aimed at ensuring a high level of consumer protection in relation to foods for infants and young children, and foods for special medical purposes. I believe that Parliament’s position today makes a significant contribution to, and strengthens, this initial objective.
I especially welcome the fact that substitute meals replacing all or part of a person’s daily food intake continue to be the subject of specific legislation, thus ensuring stricter control over the composition of such food and safeguarding the consumer interest when it comes to health and nutrition claims.
Growing-up milk and milk intended for young children was a key point of our discussion in committee, and still is today, ahead of the vote in plenary. It will probably not be possible to address all the issues at stake through this piece of legislation alone, and I therefore very much welcome the inclusion of a request to the Commission to further assess the status of these products and to evaluate the need for specific legislation, notably for milks intended for children aged between 12 and 36 months. It is in the interests of all consumers, in the interests of children and their mothers, to ensure strict and safe composition rules, but also to guarantee the highest level of accuracy. Therefore, when it comes to communication on these products, the health of infants and children comes first and should take precedence over the interests of production and marketing."@en1
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