Activities of Horst SCHNELLHARDT related to 2010/2249(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Legislation on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE) and on related feed and food controls (debate)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
Citation 5
– having regard to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin*1 and the report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the experience gained from the application of the hygiene Regulations (COM(2009)403),
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
Citation 7
– having regard to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules*, 1 OJ L 226, 25.6.2004, p.22. 2 OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p.1.2 and the report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the application of that Regulation (COM(2009)334), Or. de
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the number of positive BSE cases in the EU has decreased from 2167 cases in 2001 to 67 cases in 2009 (excluding the UK); whereas, in the light of this decreasing number of cases, the legislation implemented during this period can be viewed as having contributed to the eradication of BSE and other TSEs in the EU and whereas, hand-in-hand with this declining epidemiological trend, the legislative provisions should be adapted in line with the actual situation in terms of risk,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas, in view of the continuous declining number of BSE cases, the legislation on TSEs has been modified in recent years and consideration could be given to future changes while ensuring and maintaining the high level of animal and public health in the European Union; whereas these changes could include measures relating to SRM removal, review of the total feed ban provisions, eradication of scrapie, cohort culling and surveillance,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. UrgesCalls on the Commission to increase the age limits in the 5 remaining Member States only if supported by sound risk assessments in order not to jeopardise a show that the high level of animal health and consumer protection is not being jeopardised;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that the surveillance mechanism is an important instrument in monitoring TSE in the EU; expresses its concern aboutconsiders another rise in the age limits for testing in bovine animals in view in particular of the sample size testing whichpossible, provided that the epidemiological trend for BSE permits this without any increased health risk, and is in favour of risk-based testing, for example in the form of the testing of a sample of animals, such as will govern the BSE monitoring system in bovine animals from January 2013; calls on the Commission to inform Parliament about progress and new findings on the sample sizes to be chosen;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports - particularly in the light of the existing protein deficit in the EU - the Commission proposal to lift the feed ban provisions forprovisions banning the feeding of processed animal proteins to non-ruminants, provided that: – the processed animal proteins are only derived from species which are not linked to TSEs, – the production and sterilizsation methods used for processed animal proteins comply with the highest safety standards and with the rules laid down in the animal by-products Regulation and use the newest and safest technology available, that– the existing prohibitions on intra-species recycling ("‘cannibalism"’) remain in place, that– production channels ofor processed animal proteins derived from different species be completely separated, that– the separation of these production channels be controlled by the competent authorities in the Member States and audited by the Commission, that– before the lifting of the feed ban is implemented, a reliable species specific method is in place to identify the species origin of the proteins in animal feed containing processed animal proteins so that intra-species recycling and the presence of ruminant processed animal proteins can be excluded, that the production of processed animal proteins from category 1 or– in accordance with the animal by-products Regulation (Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009), only category 23 material be prohibited and that only category 3 material fit for human consumption be used for the production of processed animal proteinswhich has undergone veterinary inspection and does not pose a risk to public and animal health be used as starting material;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to investigate the need for priorseparate authorisation for slaughterhouses in which produceboth non- ruminant and ruminant animal by-products are produced, so as to ensure a clear separation of these by-products;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Urges the Commission not to propose the introduction of a tolerance level for processed animal proteins in feed for farmed (ruminant) animalsIs in favour of setting a tolerance level for insignificant amounts of non-authorised, non-ruminant animal proteins in feedingstuffs caused through adventitious and technically unavoidable contamination, provided that a method of determining the proportion of these proteins is available;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. DismissesIs in favour of critically examining the Commission proposal to review the current cohort culling policy in BSE infected herds as this would preventthe event of the occurrence of BSE in bovine herds; stresses that, prior to any change to the cohort culling policy, the following aspects: (1) consumer protection, (2) maintaining consumer trust, (3) any risks to human and animal health and (4) continuing to enable risk managers and legislators fromto takinge the necessary immediate action in the case of a re-emergence of BSE in the EU must be taken into consideration;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. DismisseConsiders the Commission proposal to review the current cohort culling policy in BSE infected herds as this would prevent risk managers and legislators from taking the necessary immediate actionppropriate, provided that possible negative effects on action by risk managers and legislators in the case of a re-emergence of BSE in the EU are taken into account;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Expresses its concern about the contamination of food and feed, e. g. with dioxin, and cCalls on the Member States to enforce and apply existing regulations on food and feed controls very strictly and if needed, to strengthen those rules;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Expresses its concern about current rules for the use of animal by-products in biogas plants and possibleCalls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures to ensure that the requirements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 and in implementing Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 relating to the treatment of animal by-products prior to their transformation into biogas and the use or disposal of digestion residues are complied with and illegal diversion into the feed chain is prevented; urges the Commission to investigate the current rulmonitor the way in which the current rules are implemented in the Member States to ensure a closed circuit for this activity;