4 Amendments of Horst SCHNELLHARDT related to 2013/2091(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas recent fraud cases include, for example, the marketing of ordinary flour as organic flour, of battery cage eggs as organic eggs, of road salt as food salt and of horsemeat as beef, and the use of methanol- contaminated alcohol in spirits; Or. de (Clarification that this list merely provides examples and is not exhaustive.)
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Is convinced that a change of attitude is needed within the competent authorities, moving from an administrative and veterinary approach towards a policing approach, based on the experience of the Danish Food Administration’s ‘flying squad’ and of the Arma dei Carabinieri and the Guardia di Finanza in Italy; (In stresses that such an approactice it is often difficult to deal correctly with violations of food law because the competenth depends on designated courts being staffed by judges lackwith expertise in this area of law and their assessment of the facts is therefore inadequate. Ideally, designated courts would have special competence to deal withfood law; Or. de this area of law.)
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses that enforcementthe carrying-out of controls should be risk-based and include the development of risk profiles and vulnerability assessments for each supply chain and food product, drawing on ongoing academic studies which combine knowledge in the areas of food authenticity and criminology, including research by VU University Amsterdam and the University of Wageningen; Or. de (Clarification)
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Recommends that the FVO and national authoritiescompetent authorities on the spot include in their audits so-called mass balance checks on input and output flows; (The FVO carries out audits on the controls; mass balance checks cannot be carried out in this framework and should not be the task of the FVO. These checks would have to be carriedOr. de out by the competent authorities on the spot.)