A resolution supported by all political groups in opposition to the proposal from the Commission
(EP resolution 06/19/2008)
No
the "chlorinated chicken" in Europe. With a resolution supported by all political groups approved June 19, 2008 with 526 votes in favor, 27 against and 11 abstentions, the Parliament disapproves of the proposal Commission to authorize the marketing of poultry for human consumption which has undergone antimicrobial treatment and asks the Council of Ministers to reject it. The Commission's proposal follows the application of the United States in the European Union to allow imports of its production of poultry treated with chemicals or antimicrobials. But to allow the anti-microbial treatment, even if only for imported products only, would, according to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, a serious threat to the standards and EU standards and EU counter to the efforts made to reduce the rates of bacterial infection in poultry. The decontamination process adopted by the U.S. prevede l’utilizzo di sostanze antimicrobiche alla fine della catena di produzione alimentare non corrisponde all’approccio praticato nell’Unione europea che tende a ridurre i livelli di agenti patogeni nelle carni di pollame coinvolgendo l’intera catena alimentare. L’utilizzo di tali sostanze, inoltre, potrebbe risultare fuorviante per i consumatori in quanto il processo di clorinazione potrebbe alterare l’aspetto della carne per farla apparire piu’ fresca di quanto non sia, minando in tal modo la fiducia nei prodotti alimentari europei.
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