3 Amendments of Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS related to 2013/2091(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that food fraud has the potential to undermine the significant work undertaken at the national and EU level in strengthening and modernising health and safety and quality controls in the food chain and to damage the reputation of European foodstuffs;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Notes that consumers who, either knowingly or unknowingly, buy counterfeit foodstuff are putting their health at risk as fraudulent foods are often not subject to any health and safety or quality controls;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the extension of current traceability regimes and the systematic implementation of the ‘step-free’ traceability provided for in basic Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 covering food and feed, food-producing animals, and all other substances destined for this purpose or which can be expected to be used in the production of food or feed; calls for the entire food chain in Europe, including all stages of production, processing and sales and distribution, to be transparent and fully open to scrutiny by inspectors in order to ensure that food fraud and poor quality products can be quickly identified and remedial action undertaken without delay.