Activities of Julie GIRLING related to 2013/2091(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the food crisis, fraud in the food chain and the control thereof PDF (239 KB) DOC (125 KB)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the Commission’s Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) is responsible for checking on compliance with EU food safety and quality requirements, and whereas its audits are typically announced in advance and prepared in conjunction with the competent authorities; whereas the number of audits per year is restricted by the FVO'’s limited capacity; whereas the FVO has indicated that it is not currently equipped or trained to focus on food fraud;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that EU law does not currently provide a definition of food fraud and that Member States adopt different approaches; considers amethodologies, therefore considers the development of an appropriate uniform definition to be essential for developing a European approach to combating food fraud; stresses the need rapidly to adopt a harmonised definition at EU level, including elements such as 1) non- compliance with food law and/or misleachallenging; however welcomes further discussion of such a definition by Member States in order to have a more comprehensive understanding of the consumer, 2) intent and 3) financial gainvaried approaches;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that recent food fraud cases have exposed different types of food fraud, such as replacing key ingredients with cheaper alternatives, wrongly labelling the animal species used in a meat or sea food products, incorrectly labelling weight, selling ordinary foods as organic, unfairly using origin or animal welfare quality logos, labelling aquaculture fish as wild-caught, counterfeiting and marketing food past its ‘use-by’ date;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the Commission’s decision to set up a food fraud team and acknowledges the efforts made by Europol in the fight against food fraud; encourages the Commission to consider the development of an EU-RL for food authenticity;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Suggests adapting the existing Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed system for information exchange on food fraud, as this would be simpler and much quicker than establishing an expensive additional food fraud system;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. CIf funding has been agreed for the Food Fraud team under the multiannual financial framework 2014-2020, calls on the budgetary authority to increase the capacity and resources of the FVO and of the Commission’s food fraud team;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Notes that any changes to the process for review and prioritisation of the work programme of the FVO should not change the legal process for the adoption of FVO work programmes;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that official controls should focus not only on food safety issues, but also on preventing fraud; wWelcomes the fact that the Commission’s proposal for a review of official controls incorporates extra controls in respect of food fraud where competent authorities have reason to suspect fraudulent behaviour by an operator;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Considers it valuable for the food sector proactively to develop private-sector anti-fraud programmes such as product integrity checks, and welcomes current initiatives such as the Global Food Safety Initiative and the Food Fraud Initiative at Michigan State University;