European Union - Seventh Report
Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 16 May 2000.
CONTENTS
GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS AND TECHNICAL TERMS
REPORT
PART 1: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
The Inquiry
PART 2: WITNESSES' VIEWS AND THE COMMITTEE'S
OPINIONS
The Committee's general approach
Principles of EU food safety policy
The need for action at Community level
The essentials: information gathering
and analysis; scientific advice
Box 1: EU food policy: problems to be tackled
The Commission's Action Plan on Food Safety
Opinion
The case for a European Food Authority
General reactions from witnesses
Opponents and sceptics
Supporters and enthusiasts
The international dimension
Box 2: Codex Alimentarius (Note by Professor
Philip James)
Opinion
Status, structure and powers of the Authority
Status, structure and accountability
Opinion
Formal powers
Opinion
Role and scope of activities
Opinion
"The scientific point of reference for
the whole Union"
Opinion
The Joint Research Centre
Opinion
Risk assessment and management
Risk communication: transparency, consumers'
interests and the Precautionary Principle
Opinion
Relations with national authorities
Opinion
Relations with the Food and Veterinary Office
(DG SANCO)
Opinion
Public health in the wider sense, including
nutrition
Opinion
Environmental issues
Opinion
Funding
Opinion
Location
Opinion
General Conclusions and Recommendation
Recommendation to the House
APPENDIX 1 Membership of Sub-Committee D
APPENDIX 2 List of Witnesses
ORAL EVIDENCE
Professor W Philip T James CBE MD FRSE
Oral Evidence 9 February 2000
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Department
of Health Joint Food Safety and Standards Group (JFSSG)
Oral Evidence 16 February 2000
Written evidence
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Oral Evidence 16 February 2000
Scottish Agricultural College
Oral Evidence 16 February 2000
Thames Valley University, The Centre for Food Policy
Oral Evidence 23 February 2000
Written evidence
Sustain
Oral Evidence 23 February 2000
British Retail Consortium
Written evidence
Oral Evidence 8 March 2000
UK Co-operative Movement (the Co-op)
Written evidence
Oral Evidence 8 March 2000
National Farmers' Union
Written evidence
Oral Evidence 8 March 2000
Consumers in Europe Group
Written evidence
Oral Evidence 15 March 2000
Food and Drink Federation
Written evidence
Oral Evidence 15 March 2000
WRITTEN EVIDENCE
The Association of Public Analysts
British Hospitality Association
The British Medical Association (BMA)
Campden and Chorleywood Food Research Association (CCFRA)
Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
Consumers' Association (CA)
The Dairy Industry Federation
EDD (Europe of Diversities and Democracies Group), European Parliament
English Nature
The Institution of Professionals, Managers and Specialists (IPMS)
Dr Caroline Jackson MEP, Chairman, Committee on Environment, Public
Health and Consumer Policy, European Parliament
Local Authorities Coordinating Body on Food and Trading Standards
(LACOTS) and Local Government Association (LGA)
Monsanto plc
National Office of Animal Health Limited
Novartis UK Ltd
The Provision Trade Federation
The Royal Institute of Public Health & Hygiene and Society
of Public Health
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Scientists for Labour
The Soil Association
Ms Joanna Wheatley
NOTE: Pages of the Report and Appendices are numbered in bold
type; pages of evidence are numbered in ordinary type. References
in the text of the Report are as follows:
(Q) refers to a question in oral evidence;
(p) refers to a page of the Report or Appendices or to a page
of evidence.
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