2 Amendments of Alyn SMITH related to 2013/2091(INI)
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the provisions in the new Food Information to Consumers Law which provides for mandatory place of origin labelling for beef, pig meat, poultry meat and sheep meat; calls on the Commission to bring forward as soon as possible legislative proposals to improve traceability in the food chain by making mandatory the labelling, for these meat products, of the place of birth, place of rearing and place of slaughter where these places are different; in addition, calls for legislative proposals on mandatory place of origin labelling for milk and milk products, unprocessed foods, meat used as an ingredient, single ingredient products and ingredients representing more than 50% of a food.
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Believes that convoluted, opaque and long-distance food chains, particularly for processed products, played a major role in causing the food fraud crisis; believes that "buying local", short supply chains and direct sales can offer both quality and guarantees as to the genuine origin of produce, as well as environmental and local economic benefits; calls on the Commission to bring forward legislative proposals as laid out in Regulation 1151/2012 (Quality Products) for a "local marketing and direct sales" label to help promote these markets and help farmers add value to their produce.