9 Amendments of Massimiliano SMERIGLIO related to 2020/2260(INI)
Amendment 622 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that the Mediterranean Diet, inscribed by UNESCO in 2010 in the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, is known as a healthy and balanced diet with a high nutritional, social and cultural value based on respect for the territory and biodiversity, which guarantees the conservation and development of traditional and artisanal activities related to sustainable fishing and agriculture and plays a protective role in the primary and secondary prevention of the main chronic degenerative diseases;
Amendment 908 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of recognising the significant impact of unsustainable production practices in agriculture, and especially animalimal farming and food production on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and land use; stresses the need to enhance natural carbon sinks and reduce agricultural emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, in particular in the feed and livestock sectors; acknowledges that healthy animals require less natural resource inputs like feed and water and that effective management practices of livestock can lead to a 30% decrease in GHG emissions1a; recognises anaerobic digestion and composting as an effective solution to recycle organic waste materials and prevent GHG emissions, while producing renewable energy, enabling reuse of nutrients and carbon, thus improving soil fertility; calls for regulatory measures and targets to ensure progressive reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectors; _________________ 1aFAO, "Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions in livestock production" (2013)
Amendment 1092 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the notion of rewardefforts made by European farmers and food producers, in particular SMEs, in order to reduce their climate and environmental impact and stresses the importance to reward production models improving carbon sequestration in soils; stresses, however, that intensive and industrial agriculture and farming models with negative impacts on biodiversity should not receive climate funding or be incentivisedbe incentivised through climate funding; calls for the proposals to be in line with the environmental objectives and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the Green Deal;
Amendment 1236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for CAP National Strategic Plans to ensure adequate financial support and incentives to promote new, innovative, digital and ecological ‘green’ business models for agriculture and artisanal food production, notably through fostering short supply chains and quality food production, as well as adopting innovative cultivation techniques with the aim of reducing inputs per unit of product and restoring soil fertility;
Amendment 1656 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for measures to reduce the burden that highly processed foods with high salt, sugar and fat content place on public health; regrets that the introduction of nutrient profiles is greatly delayed and stresses that a robust set of nutrient profiles must be developed tostresses that a robust set of initiatives must be developed to promote healthier diets by enhanced consumer food and nutrition education, and restrict or prohibit the use of false nutritional claims on foods high in fats, sugars and/or salt; calls for a mandatoryharmonised EU-wide front- of- pack nutrition labelling system based on independent scienceable to provide exhaustive and nutrient-specific information, based on independent science and on the reference intakes of the average consumer, without misleading and influencing purchasing choices, as provided by Regulation (EU)1169/2011;
Amendment 1698 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Notes that healthy products, including food, may contain natural or synthetic ingredients, which have different impacts on the environment and the health of consumers. Calls for the introduction of mandatory labelling schemes for healthy products, indicating whether an ingredient is of synthetic origin when obtained by a chemical synthesis, especially in the case natural equivalents exist;
Amendment 1756 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the fact that the strategy rightly recognises the role and influence of the food environment in shaping consumption patterns and the need to make it easier for consumers to choose healthy and sustainable diets; reiterates the importance of promoting sustainable diets by raising consumer awareness of the impacts of consumption patterns and providing information on diets that are better for human health and have a lower environmental footprint; underlines that food prices must send the right signal to consumers; welcomes, therefore, the strategy’s objective that the healthy and sustainable choice should become the most affordable one, while recognising the need to properly reward farmers and food producers for the social, economic and environmental added value they create by complying with the objectives of the strategy;
Amendment 1872 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the recognition in the strategy that Europeans’ diets are not in line with recommendations for healthy eating, and that a population-wide shift in consumption patterns is needed towards more healthy andfood, with the right balance between plant-based foods and less red andmeat, less processed meatproducts, sugars, salt, and fats, which will also benefit the environment; emphasises that EU-wide guidelines for sustainable and healthy diets, taking into account the cultural and regional diversity of European foods and diets, would bring clarity to consumers on what constitutes a healthy and sustainable diet and inform Member States’ own efforts to integrate sustainability elements in national dietary advice; calls on the Commission to develop such guidelines and specific actions to effectively promote healthy, balanced and varied diets, which include also an increased consumption of plant- based dieproducts;
Amendment 2059 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. WelcomesRegrets that the proposed revision of EU rules on date marking is not accompanied by a comprehensive revision of rules on the distribution of food stuffs, with the objectives of identifying and eliminating potential barriers to waste reduction, promoting efficiency as well as boosting competition and innovation; stresses that any change to date marking rules should be science based and should improve the use of date marking by actors in the food chain and its understanding by consumers, in particular ‘best before’ labelling, while at the same time not undermining food safety or quality;