1 Amendments of Dagmar ROTH-BEHRENDT related to 2008/2026(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the Commission's proposal, in the interests of public health and particularly the health of children and young people, to establish an EU school fruit programme in order to improve the dietary habits and thus the health of young EU citizens, as already described in the White Paper of 30 May 2007 on 'A Strategy for Europe on Nutrition, Overweight and Obesity related health issues' (COM(2007)0279); calls in this connection for the programme only to promote measures with the aim of distributing fresh products, while excluding ready-made fruit products or fruit preparations from this package of measures so that the change in dietary habits from ready-made to fresh products can achieve its full impact;