9 Amendments of Alyn SMITH related to 2008/0002(COD)
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation − amending act
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) However, foods derived from cloned animals and their descendants should be excluded from the scope of this Regulation. They should be dealt with in a specific regulation, adopted under the codecision procedure, and not be covered by the uniform authorisation procedure laid down in Regulation (EC) No ... [common procedure]. Pending the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission should put forward a corresponding legislative proposal. Pending the entry into force of a regulation on cloned animals, a moratorium should be imposed on the placing on the market of foods manufactured from cloned animals and their descendants.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation − amending act
Recital 6 b (new)
Recital 6 b (new)
(6b) Little is known at present about the health implications of foods containing nanoparticles manufactured by means of nanotechnological procedures. In keeping with the precautionary principle, the use of nanoparticles in the manufacturing of foods should be suspended until scientific findings concerning the implications of their use are available.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation − amending act
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Foods of animal origin manufactured by feeding animals with genetically modified products are not at present labelled as such. In order to create transparency for consumers and to prevent distortions of competition on the market for feedingstuffs and animal products, this Regulation should lay down provisions governing the labelling of these products.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation − amending act
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notwithstanding paragraph 2(b) this Regulation shall lay down labelling rules for foods manufactured from animals fed with genetically modified feedingstuffs.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation − amending act
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation − amending act
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
(ii) food of plant or animal origin when to the plant and animal is applied a non- traditional breeding technique - not including cloning - not commercially used before 15 May 1997; and
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation − amending act
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) ‘produced from animals fed with genetically modified feedingstuffs’ means that feedingstuffs containing genetically modified organisms were used to feed the animals from which the food in question originates.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation − amending act
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation − amending act
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a (new)
CHAPTER IIa SPECIFIC LABELLING RULES Article 11a Labelling of foods of animal origin manufactured using genetically modified organisms If a product was manufactured from animals fed with genetically modified feedingstuffs, the words ‘manufactured from animals fed with genetically modified feedingstuffs’ shall appear on the packaging, alongside the relevant ingredient, in the list of ingredients provided for in Article 6 of Directive 2000/13/EC; in the case of non- prepackaged products, these words shall appear on or be displayed next to the product.