Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-07-06-Speech-3-282-000"
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"en.20110706.18.3-282-000"2
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"Consumers’ awareness of foodstuffs and the substances they contain has changed significantly over recent years. People are paying much more attention to what they eat and there is a strong trend in the food sector towards eating local produce. There is also a boom in seasonal food. In particular, when diseases or pathogens are found in food, such as in the recent E. coli (EHEC) outbreak, people move increasingly to eating local products that they trust. In order to make it clear to consumers what they are actually eating, we need more transparency in food labelling. It should not be possible to use incomprehensible abbreviations which either confuse consumers or lull them into a false sense of security, in order to conceal the fact that certain ingredients are present. The same applies to country of provenance labelling. For these reasons, the EU intends to introduce a standardised, EU-wide, mandatory labelling system on food packaging. The same information must be provided everywhere. It must also be clearly legible and positioned and worded in such a way that absolute transparency for consumers is guaranteed. In my opinion, this is an important step towards helping people to have a good diet and, therefore, bringing about lasting improvements in the health of the population. However, as the food industry has to pay the costs of the new labelling procedure, we cannot exclude the possibility of food price rises. I have taken this into consideration when voting."@en1
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